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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Texas Tech
David Bailey
LB • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Irvine, CA, USA
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David Bailey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
60
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
98
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.
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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%)
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.
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