Senior (2017)
Garnered second-team All-Conference USA honors … handled more than 90 snaps without a miscue … key part of a special teams group that produced semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award and Ray Guy Award … helped UTSA’s punt coverage team limit opponents to just eight returns for 23 yards (2.9 avg) on 47 punts … also a member of a field goal unit that converted a school-record 20 field goals to go along with 25 extra points … caught one pass for three yards on a fake punt.
Junior (2016)
Earned honorable mention All-Conference USA accolades … handled every one of the team’s deep snaps in all 13 games … did not have one errant snap in 131 attempts (69 punts/45 PATs/17 FGs) … registered four special teams tackles and a fumble recovery … the squad’s kickers connected on 43 PATs and 12 field goals, while punter Yannis Routsas averaged 42 yards per punt with 11 traveling at least 50 yards, 22 resulting in fair catches and 17 landing inside the 20-yard line.
Sophomore (2015)
Served as the squad’s deep snapper in all 12 contests … registered tackles against Kansas State (Sept. 12) and at North Texas (Oct. 31).
Freshman (2014)
Saw action in the final four games of the season (at Rice/vs. Southern Miss/at Western Kentucky/vs. North Texas) … recorded a special teams tackle in the season finale against North Texas (Nov. 29) … his snaps helped Kristian Stern average more than 40 yards per boot and the squad’s place-kickers connected on all four field goal attempts and 6-of-7 PATs … redshirted in 2013.
Prior To UTSA
Played offensive tackle and deep snapper at the prep level … also a member of the basketball team.
Personal
Born April 26, 1995 … son of Jan and Rusty Bayliss … graduated with a degree in geology in December 2017.
Garnered second-team All-Conference USA honors … handled more than 90 snaps without a miscue … key part of a special teams group that produced semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award and Ray Guy Award … helped UTSA’s punt coverage team limit opponents to just eight returns for 23 yards (2.9 avg) on 47 punts … also a member of a field goal unit that converted a school-record 20 field goals to go along with 25 extra points … caught one pass for three yards on a fake punt.
Junior (2016)
Earned honorable mention All-Conference USA accolades … handled every one of the team’s deep snaps in all 13 games … did not have one errant snap in 131 attempts (69 punts/45 PATs/17 FGs) … registered four special teams tackles and a fumble recovery … the squad’s kickers connected on 43 PATs and 12 field goals, while punter Yannis Routsas averaged 42 yards per punt with 11 traveling at least 50 yards, 22 resulting in fair catches and 17 landing inside the 20-yard line.
Sophomore (2015)
Served as the squad’s deep snapper in all 12 contests … registered tackles against Kansas State (Sept. 12) and at North Texas (Oct. 31).
Freshman (2014)
Saw action in the final four games of the season (at Rice/vs. Southern Miss/at Western Kentucky/vs. North Texas) … recorded a special teams tackle in the season finale against North Texas (Nov. 29) … his snaps helped Kristian Stern average more than 40 yards per boot and the squad’s place-kickers connected on all four field goal attempts and 6-of-7 PATs … redshirted in 2013.
Prior To UTSA
Played offensive tackle and deep snapper at the prep level … also a member of the basketball team.
Personal
Born April 26, 1995 … son of Jan and Rusty Bayliss … graduated with a degree in geology in December 2017.