Bailey Despanie

Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Lafayette, LA
High School:
Carencro

2025: A First Team Preseason All-AAC selection by Athlon Sport…A Third Team Preseason All-AAC selection by Phil Steele...A First Team All-AAC selection by Sports Info Solutions

2024: Played in and started all 14 games…Totaled 52 tackles, 2.5 stops for loss and two pass breakups….Total a season high nine tackles against Oklahoma (9/15).

2023: Played in 14 games and had 67 tackles and an interception

2022: Played in 13 games with one start...Recorded 12 tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss...Had a sack against UMass (9/3) along with three tackles.

2021: Did not make an appearance in 2021.

Prior to Tulane: Rated a three-star recruit by 247sports…Attended Carencro High School in Lafayette, Louisiana and played for coach Tony Courville…Helped Carencro reach the Class 4A state championship with a 10-1 record as a senior in 2020…Enjoyed a breakout junior season in 2019 where he earned 4A First Team All-State honors…Named District 5-Class 4A MVP and an all-defensive first-team choice by the Lafayette Daily Advertiser as a junior…Helped the Golden Bears reach the Class 4A state quarterfinals…Chose Tulane over offers from Kansas, FAU, ULL, and South Alabama among others…Also competed for the basketball and track and field teams at Carencro…Chosen as an Honorable Mention to the 2020 LSWA Class 4A All-State Boys’ Basketball Team…Goes by the nickname “Slim.”