MORE: NFL’s most overrated teams | Must-watch games in 2016 Bailey counted against the 90-man roster limit even though he could not play. The non-football injury designation frees up that spot.
Bailey, 25, was shot while in a vehicle outside Miami on Nov. 23. He underwent a seven-hour surgery and was hospitalized for about a month. Doctors have advised him to not return to football, but Bailey stated in February he still intended to do so. “They don’t think I will be able to make a return to the NFL,” Bailey said in a video produced by West Virginia Illustrated. “When somebody tells me they don’t think I can do something, I do whatever I can to prove them wrong. Bailey caught 12 passes for 182 yards in eight games last season.
