Alex Bayer

Liberty

Sep 13 (Sat)

5 p.m.

Position:
Tight End
Height:
6-4
Weight:
257
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Pickerington, Ohio
High School:
Pickerington North

Bayer Accolades
• Was named to Phil Steele's All-Freshman Team (fifth-team) (2010)
• Third-Team All-MAC (2012)
• 2012 John Mackey Mid-Season Watch List (2012)
• Phil Steele Preseason MAC First Team (2013)
• Mackey Award Mid-Season Watch List (2013)
• CFPA Tight End Watch List (2013)
• Phil Steele Midseason First Team All-MAC (2013)
• Third Team All-MAC (2013)
• East-West Shrine Game (2014)

2013: Was named third team All-MAC as a tight end … played in all 14 games, catching 37 passes for 593 yards … averaged 42.4 yards receiving per game … also blocked for the most successful running back in school history, as Travis Greene set the school record with 1,594 rushing yards … had a season high seven catches for 124 yards in the MAC Championship game against Northern Illinois … caught four touchdown passes, all of them coming during the final six games of the season … had a season-long receiving TD of 57 yards in a win vs. Ohio on Senior Day … caught touchdowns in his final two games, including the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl vs. Pittsburgh … played in the East-West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, Fla. following the season.

2012: Third-Team All-MAC ... played in 13 games, all starts

... named to John Mackey Mid-Season Watch List ... finished season with 36 receptions for 410 yards and three touchdowns ... had five catches for 47 yards versus Rhode Island ... added five catches for 94 yards and two touchdowns in a win at Akron ... added a career-long 60-yard reception versus the Zips ... had five catches for 48 yards versus Kent State.

2011: Played in and started all 12 games ... had 20 receptions for 242 yards and two touchdowns on the year ... had three receptions for 62 yards and a score versus Wyoming ... added a four-yard touchdown catch a week later versus Miami ... recorded three receptions for 43 yards versus Kent State.

2010: Played in all 12 games, making four starts ... was named to Phil Steele’s All-Freshman Team (Fifth Team) ... had 22 catches for 298 yards and one touchdown on the season ... had a career-best five catches for 77 yards at Temple ... had four catches for 38 yards and a score versus Miami ... had three receptions for 88 yards in the season finale versus Western Michigan ... also served as the team’s holder on extra points and field goals.

2009: Redshirt.

High School: A 2009 graduate of Pickerington North High School ... coached by Tom Phillips ... had six school records, including 50 receptions for 625 yards and two touchdowns his senior season, where he earned honorable mention all-state ... also earned first-team All-OCC and first-team all-central district ... Ohio Magazine has him as the 60th ranked recruit and third-best tight end from the state of Ohio ... ranked in the top-75 tight ends in the nation by ESPN.com ... team captain ... also lettered in baseball.

Personal: Full name -- Alex Ronald Bayer ... born Nov. 8, 1990 ... son of Ron and Sandy Bayer ... has one brother and one sister ... majoring in human development and family studies.