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linebacker and as an athlete over-
all and learn the game of football
more and more. That's just part of
it."
Bailey developed that desire to
be great — and to work for it —
at a young age. At uncle Richard
McCluskey's urging, Bailey started
playing football as a 6-year-old in
Dayton, Ohio. McCluskey also was
Bailey's coach. When Bailey would
make a mistake, McCluskey made
him run laps. Bailey ran more than
any of his teammates — always
more. If Bailey didn't give max-
imum effort on a snap, McClus-
key would immediately scold him,
"You're not supposed to lose a rep!"
The more Bailey heard it, the
more ingrained it became.
Not giving everything wasn't ac-
ceptable. Losing, even in a drill in
practice, wasn't acceptable.
"So he instilled that," Bailey
said. "I have this, like, internal …
I don't want to look bad. I want to
show everyone I can be the best I
can be. I don't want to have a bad
performance."
Bailey still works that way, with
that driving force toward perfec-
tion. Freeman helped foster it, too,
working with Bailey for the first
two years, and Holt is pushing it,
always wanting more.
And a key element in becom-
ing the best is understanding the
game, whether that's being able to
dissect offenses to get any key or
having complete knowledge of the
defense, not just knowing his as-
signments but everyone else's, too.
So Bailey studies.
Freeman would catch Bailey
