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2008: Appeared in five games for the Rams with five starts...Made starts at North Carolina A&T on Sept. 6, vs. Savannah State on Sept. 13, vs. Morgan State on Sept. 20, vs. South Carolina State on Sept. 26 and vs. Howard on Oct. 4...Broke his ankle in his final start of the season vs. Howard on Oct. 4 where he turned in the best performance of his career...Turned in back-to-back 100-plus yard receiving games versus South Carolina State on Sept. 26 (10 catches for 105 yards) and versus Howard on Oct. 4 (four catches for 150 yards) to mark the first time a WSSU player has done so in over four seasons...Completed the season with 26 catches for a team-leading 353 yards and two touchdowns...Ran the ball once for four yards...Made his lone tackle of the season, a solo tackle, following an interception versus Savannah State on Sept. 13...Voted the Rams' Offensive MVP at the WSSU Athletics Awards Ceremony on April 20, 2009.
2007: Appeared in all 11 games for the Rams, starting one contest...Bayne's lone start of the season came on Sept. 8, 2007 in WSSU's loss at Coastal Carolina University...Led the Rams with 25 receptions for 320 yards for an average of 12.8 yards per catch...Led the Rams in receiving touchdowns with five...Tallied a 29.1 yards per game receiving average...Scored touchdowns versus five different opponents including a touchdown catch in three of WSSU's last five games...Made at least one catch in every game on the season...Recorded three receptions and a touchdown catch versus North Carolina A&T on Sept. 1...Recorded one catch for one yard at Coastal Carolina on Sept. 8...Made three catches for 61 yards with a 42-yard reception at Morgan State on Sept. 15...Pulled in a season-high four catches in WSSU's Sept. 22 loss at South Carolina State...Caught two balls for 20 yards at Howard on Sept. 29...Recorded two catches versus Florida A&M on Oct. 6 in the 2007 Circle City Classic...Pulled down a pair of catches at Bethune-Cookman (Oct. 20), versus Hampton (Oct. 27) and versus Delaware State (Nov. 2)...Recorded only one catch, his longest reception of the season, versus North Carolina Central on Nov. 10 with a 63-yard touchdown reception...Caught three balls for 54 yards and a score at Norfolk State in WSSU's season finale on Nov. 17...Ran the ball for one yard at South Carolina State on Sept. 22.
2006: Made appearances in two games in his first season of play in 2006...Saw time at Catawba and at Savannah State...Recorded no offensive or defensive statistics.
2005: Spent the 2005 season as a redshirt, and did not appear in any games for the Rams, per NCAA Division I transfer rules.
2004: Attended Savannah State University and was a member of the football team where he played in 11 games for the Tigers en route to catching seven passes for 179 yards and one touchdown...His lone touchdown came in a loss versus Hampton.
Personal: Played his senior season for the Rams in 2008 for his third season as an active member of the Rams' football team after spending his sophomore year (2005) as a redshirt per NCAA transfer rules...Transferred to WSSU after a stellar freshman campaign at Savannah State University in Savannah, Ga...A native of Rocky Mount, N.C., Bayne is a 2004 graduate of Rocky Mount Senior High School where he was an All-State selection in both his junior and senior seasons...A 2003 Shrine Bowl participant, he was named to the Rocky Mount Telegram's first team for two consecutive seasons while in high school...The son of Hamilton Bayne and Anntionette Cox...A computer science major...Born in Philadelphia, Pa. on Oct. 18, 1985...Nicknamed "Bang-Bang"...Current WSSU teammates Wayne Noble, Jr. and Brian Jones were Bayne's high school teammates.
Year G/GS Rec Yds Avg/Rec TD Long Avg/Gm 2008 5/5 26 353 13.6 2 58 70.6 2007 11/1 25 320 12.8 5 63 29.1 2006 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0 00.0 2005 Did Not Participate (NCAA Transfer) 2004* 11/0 7 179 25.5 1 41 16.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27/6 58 852 14.7 8 63 14.7 * Denotes statistics while at Savannah State University
