Usage / Role
2%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Vanderbilt
Bailey McElwain
FB • 6'1" • 238 lbs • Trussville, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Bailey McElwain leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Player Story
Bailey McElwain built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a FB from Trussville, AL wearing No. 39, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Bailey McElwain's career was his receiving role: 6...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Bailey McElwain, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Bailey McElwain leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 35
- Receiving yards
- 35
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Bailey McElwain quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 35
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Acalanes · California
- High school pipeline
- Acalanes · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 39 · Class 2017
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 8 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 44.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Bailey McElwain played FB for Vanderbilt. Across 2 tracked seasons, Bailey McElwain recorded 35 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 35 primary output with 37.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 37.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
4.4
Efficiency
37.2
Usage
1.6
Consistency
35.4
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 4. Florida: 0. Georgia: 7. Tennessee State: 0. Auburn: 0. Missouri: 3. Ole Miss: 3. Tennessee: 18
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 33.3. Georgia: 1 by 58.3. Auburn: 1 by 0. Missouri: 1 by 25. Ole Miss: 2 by 6.3. Tennessee: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins6.4 · Games = 5 · +5.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · -5.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
100 vs Tennessee
Player Story
Bailey McElwain story
Bailey McElwain built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a FB from Trussville, AL wearing No. 39, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Bailey McElwain's career was his receiving role: 6 catches, 35 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 8 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Bailey McElwain's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Vanderbilt
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 35 | 37.2 | 1.6 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | — | — | -35 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tennessee
Week 13 · W 45-34 · Conference game
Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
18
Scrimmage Yards
68.3 takeover
18 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.
#2
@ Georgia
Week 7 · W 17-16 · Conference game
7
Scrimmage Yards
34.9 takeover
Win with 7 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
7 scrimmage yards and 2.6 usage.
#3
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 2 · W 47-24
4
Scrimmage Yards
20.1 takeover
Win with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
4 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.
#4
@ Missouri
Week 11 · L 17-26 · Conference game
3
Scrimmage Yards
15.5 takeover
Loss with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
3 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.
#5
vs Ole Miss
Week 12 · W 38-17 · Conference game
3
Scrimmage Yards
10.7 takeover
Win with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
3 scrimmage yards and 3.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
35 primary output · 37.2 efficiency · 1.6 usage
44.3
#2
2017 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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