Player Dossier

2016-2020

Iowa State

JaQuan Bailey

DE • 6'2" • 261 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

JaQuan Bailey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

Usage Score

9.9

Efficiency

33

Consistency

51

Season Value

36

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Scouting Read

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JaQuan Bailey, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason · Iowa State. JaQuan Bailey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

JaQuan Bailey played DE for Iowa State. Across 5 tracked seasons, JaQuan Bailey recorded 4 rushing yards and 152 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Iowa State paired 28.5 primary output with 36.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 33 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

2.1

Efficiency

33

Usage

9.9

Consistency

51

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 2. TCU: 7.5. Oklahoma: 1. Texas Tech: 1. Oklahoma State: 2.5. Kansas: 4. Baylor: 0. Kansas State: 2. Texas: 0. West Virginia: 2. Oklahoma: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 5 by 40.8. TCU: 7 by 79.2. Oklahoma: 6 by 35. Texas Tech: 1 by 14.2. Oklahoma State: 4 by 41.7. Kansas: 4 by 56.7. Baylor: 1 by 4.2. Kansas State: 4 by 36.7. Texas: 2 by 8.3. West Virginia: 4 by 36.7. Oklahoma: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.2 · Games = 8 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Wins
First Half3 · Games = 6 · +2 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 5 · -2 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

TCU

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs TCU

Result
Sat 12/19vs OklahomaL 21-2700001
Sat 12/5vs West VirginiaW 42-641110
Fri 11/27@ TexasW 23-2022000
Sat 11/21vs Kansas StateW 45-042110
Sun 11/8vs BaylorW 38-3111000
Sat 10/31@ KansasSplash gameW 52-22432.501.500
Sat 10/24@ Oklahoma StateSplash gameL 21-24432.5000
Sat 10/10vs Texas TechW 31-1510001
Sat 10/3vs OklahomaW 37-3062100
Sat 9/26@ TCU2+ sacks · Splash gameW 37-347443.500
Sat 9/12vs LouisianaL 14-3152101

Career Arc

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    Iowa State

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2016201720172018201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State10.520.16
2017 PostseasonIowa State21278.610.5
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State21278.60
2018 PostseasonIowa State28.536.212.47.5
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State28.536.212.40
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State117.21.9-27.5
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State23339.922

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

TCU

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7.5

Primary metric

7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.1 takeover score.

#2

Akron

6

Primary metric

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.

#3

Texas

4

Primary metric

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 62.7 takeover score.

#4

Memphis

4

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#5

Washington State

4

Primary metric

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Postseason · Iowa State

28.5 primary output · 36.2 efficiency · 12.4 usage

41.9

#2

2018 Regular Season · Iowa State

41.9

28.5 primary · 36.2 efficiency · 12.4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Iowa State

36

23 primary · 33 efficiency · 9.9 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8258

Raines · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

152

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 50 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.