Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Texas Tech
David Bailey
LB • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Irvine, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
David Bailey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
95
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Stanford • Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
David Bailey built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Irvine, CA wearing No. 31, spending time with Stanford and Texas Tech. The clearest part of David Bailey's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 2
- NFL Team
- New York Jets
David Bailey, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas Tech. David Bailey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 156
- TFL
- 41
- Sacks
- 27
- QB hurries
- 23
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
David Bailey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · LB
- Career Tackles
- 156
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Texas Tech
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Mater Dei · Stanford
- High school pipeline
- Mater Dei · 95 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 1 · Pick 2 · New York Jets
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 51 tackles · LB 275th (top 22%) · Big 12 62nd (top 9%) · National 581st (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Stanford | 10 | 43 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 45.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Stanford | 9 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | 32.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Stanford | 10 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 8 | - | 0 | 61 |
| 2025 Postseason | Texas Tech | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 76.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 14 | 42 | 17.5 | 13.5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 76.9 |
Related Context
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David Bailey played LB for Stanford and Texas Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, David Bailey recorded 156 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Texas Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Texas Tech paired 47 primary output with 45.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Stanford, Texas Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
25.5
Usage
8.1
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 8. Sacramento State: 0. Arizona: 3. Oregon: 0. Colorado: 0. UCLA: 2. Oregon State: 0. California: 0. Notre Dame: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 6 by 75. Sacramento State: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 5 by 50.8. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Colorado: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 3 by 32.5. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. California: 5 by 20.8. Notre Dame: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins4 · Games = 2 · +3.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · -3.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
75 vs Hawai'i
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | vs Notre Dame | L 23-56 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs California | L 15-27 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Oregon State | L 17-62 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/22 | vs UCLASplash game | L 7-42 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Colorado | W 46-43 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Oregon | L 6-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs ArizonaSplash game | L 20-21 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs Sacramento State | L 23-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Hawai'i2+ sacks · Splash game | W 37-24 | 6 | 6 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
David Bailey story
David Bailey built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Irvine, CA wearing No. 31, spending time with Stanford and Texas Tech. The clearest part of David Bailey's career was his defensive production: 156 tackles, 41 tackles for loss, 27 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. That gives David Bailey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Stanford
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Texas Tech
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Stanford | 12 | 29.9 | 9.3 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Stanford | 13 | 25.5 | 8.1 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Stanford | 22 | 34.9 | 15.4 | 9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Texas Tech | 47 | 45.9 | 14.1 | 25 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 47 | 45.9 | 14.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Hawai'i
Week 1 · W 37-24
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
8
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
8 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 58 Kansas
Week 7 · W 42-17 · Conference game
7
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#3
@ NC State
Week 10 · L 28-59 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Washington State
Week 10 · L 14-52 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#5
@ UCLA
Week 9 · L 13-38 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Texas Tech
47 primary output · 45.9 efficiency · 14.1 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
76.9
47 primary · 45.9 efficiency · 14.1 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Stanford
61
22 primary · 34.9 efficiency · 15.4 usage
Milestones
17
Impact games
23
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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