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 34.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

JaQuan Bailey built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a defensive end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of JaQuan Bailey's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8258

Raines · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

JaQuan Bailey, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Iowa State. JaQuan Bailey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
152
TFL
45.5
Sacks
25.5
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
13

Quick Answers

JaQuan Bailey quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · DE
Career Tackles
152
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 50 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Iowa State
Top game
Akron
Recruit profile
3-star · Raines · Iowa State
High school pipeline
Raines · 27 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
38 tackles · DE 14th (top 6%) · Big 12 57th (top 14%) · National 521st (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State102363.511039.4
2017 PostseasonIowa State132221-057.7
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State13329533057.7
2018 PostseasonIowa State13621-1070.2
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State134113.5734070.2
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State310-021042.4
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State113813723062.3

Related Context

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 31.5 primary output with 38.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 38.5 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: Akron

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2018 Postseason · Iowa State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.4

Efficiency

38.5

Usage

10.4

Consistency

55.1

Best Game by takeover score

Akron

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 4. Iowa: 1. Oklahoma: 1.5. Akron: 6. TCU: 2. Oklahoma State: 2.5. West Virginia: 4. Texas Tech: 5. Kansas: 1. Baylor: 1.5. Texas: 1. Kansas State: 0. Drake: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington State: 6 by 65. Iowa: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma: 2 by 23.3. Akron: 7 by 79.2. TCU: 2 by 28.3. Oklahoma State: 2 by 33.3. West Virginia: 3 by 52.5. Texas Tech: 5 by 70.8. Kansas: 0 by 10. Baylor: 4 by 31.7. Texas: 3 by 22.5. Kansas State: 3 by 12.5. Drake: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.8 · Games = 8 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 5 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Akron

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Akron

Result
Sat 12/29@ Washington StateSplash gameL 26-2863211
Sat 12/1vs DrakeSplash gameW 27-2464110
Sun 11/25vs Kansas StateW 42-3830000
Sun 11/18@ TexasL 10-24300.500.500
Sat 11/10vs BaylorW 28-14410.5000
Sat 11/3@ KansasW 27-300001
Sat 10/27vs Texas TechSplash gameW 40-3151111
Sat 10/13vs West Virginia2+ sacks · Splash gameW 30-1432220
Sat 10/6@ Oklahoma StateSplash gameW 48-42211.5010
Sat 9/29@ TCUSplash gameL 14-1722101
Sat 9/22vs AkronSplash gameW 26-13723.501.501
Sat 9/15vs OklahomaL 27-37211.5000
Sat 9/8@ IowaL 3-1340100

Player Story

JaQuan Bailey story

JaQuan Bailey built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a defensive end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of JaQuan Bailey's career was his defensive production: 152 tackles, 45.5 tackles for loss, 25.5 sacks, and 13 passes defended across 50 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives JaQuan Bailey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Iowa State

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720172018201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State11.521.15.6
2017 PostseasonIowa State2530.18.913.5
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State2530.18.90
2018 PostseasonIowa State31.538.510.46.5
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State31.538.510.40
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State323.94.3-28.5
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State2534.91022

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Akron

Week 4 · W 26-13

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

@ TCU

Week 4 · W 37-34 · Conference game

7.5

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Memphis

Week 1 · W 21-20 · Postseason

5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Texas Tech

Week 9 · W 40-31 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

84.7 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas

Week 5 · L 7-17 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Iowa State

31.5 primary output · 38.5 efficiency · 10.4 usage

70.2

#2

2018 Regular Season · Iowa State

70.2

31.5 primary · 38.5 efficiency · 10.4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Iowa State

62.3

25 primary · 34.9 efficiency · 10 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

23

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games