2008: Redshirted.

Kankakee HS: Four-year letterwinner and two-year starter ... collected 101 tackles during his senior season and added six quarterback sacks, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery as a linebacker ... two-time all-conference and all-area pick ... posted 86 tackles and two sacks as a junior ... coached by Cornell Middlebrook ... also lettered four years in baseball ... member of the honor roll all four years.

Data: Born 7-27-90, in Kankakee, Ill. ... son of Gifford Bailey and Frances Noble ... his uncle, Tyrone Noble, played football at Michigan ... intended major: criminal justice.

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