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Stedman Bailey joins West Virginia coaching staff to finish degree

After being shot twice in the head in November, Stedman Bailey will make his return to the football field in 2016 — just not the way he once hoped.

The former Rams wide receiver and West Virginia standout will spend the 2016 football season with the Mountaineers as a student assistant coach, the school announced Sunday.

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The Rams waived the wide receiver in June, but were expected to bring Bailey back in a non-football capacity. Instead, he's decided to return to West Virginia, where he played from 2010 to 2012.