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Previous Prairie View A&M Footballer and Texas native Jackson Bailey has died, the university announced this week. He was just 22.
Panthers’ athletics department shared a long -term post announcing Bailey’s passing on Tuesday. Bailey was a member of Prairie View A&M Football In the 2023-2024 season, but he did not appear in any official games that season.
Prairie View A&M Panthers Helmet on the sidelines during the first half of Kyle Field on November 20, 2021. (Maria Lysaker-USA Today Sports)
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“Prairie View A&M University Department of Athletics expands his deepest compassion for the family, friends, teammates and fraternity brothers of Jackson ‘Jacks’ Bailey, a beloved member of the Panther Football Program and the PVAMU community,” the statement reads.
“His favorite word to live after was, ‘God got me.’ These words led his way to and from the field.
Details about Bailey’s death did not become immediately known.
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Bailey was a prominent linebacker at Red Oak High School in Desoto, Texas, Where he served the 5A division in the All-State Honor his senior year when he recorded 64 tackles and four interceptions. He went on to play in Arizona, where he Red Skirt his first year.
Then he transferred to Louisiana-Monroe, where he appeared in nine games. He recorded 14 tackles and a quarterback haste in the 2022-2023 season.
Former Prairie View A&M Linebacker Jackson Bailey earned the 5A Division in All-State Honors at Red Oak High School in Desoto, Texas, his senior year. (istock)
According to Prairie View A&M University, Bailey was transferred to being closer to home his junior year.
