Player Dossier

2022-2025

Texas 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.

Usage Score

14.1

Efficiency

45.9

Consistency

61.8

Season Value

55.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Stanford • Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

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.

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

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 45.9 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: Kansas

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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2025 Postseason · Texas Tech

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

3.4

Efficiency

45.9

Usage

14.1

Consistency

61.8

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 5. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 1. Kent State: 3. Oregon State: 6. Utah: 2. Houston: 6. Kansas: 7. Arizona State: 5. Oklahoma State: 1.5. Kansas State: 2. BYU: 3. UCF: 2. West Virginia: 0. BYU: 3.5

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. Oregon: 9 by 87.5. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 2 by 18.3. Kent State: 1 by 34.2. Oregon State: 2 by 58.3. Utah: 3 by 32.5. Houston: 3 by 62.5. Kansas: 6 by 75. Arizona State: 5 by 70.8. Oklahoma State: 3 by 27.5. Kansas State: 1 by 24.2. BYU: 4 by 46.7. UCF: 3 by 32.5. West Virginia: 4 by 16.7. BYU: 5 by 55.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.1 · Games = 12 · -1.9 vs Losses
Losses5 · Games = 2 · +1.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

87.5 vs Oregon

Result
Thu 1/1vs OregonSplash gameL 0-2395212
Sat 12/6vs BYUSplash gameW 34-7521.5010
Sat 11/29@ West VirginiaW 49-044000
Sat 11/15vs UCFSplash gameW 48-932110
Sat 11/8vs BYUSplash gameW 29-743101
Sat 11/1@ Kansas StateSplash gameW 43-2011110
Sat 10/25vs Oklahoma StateW 42-0310.5000
Sat 10/18@ Arizona State2+ sacks · Splash gameL 22-2653320
Sat 10/11vs Kansas2+ sacks · Splash gameW 42-1763330
Sat 10/4@ Houston2+ sacks · Splash gameW 35-1133320
Sat 9/20@ UtahSplash gameW 34-1033110
Sat 9/13vs Oregon StateSplash gameW 45-1421110
Sat 9/6vs Kent StateSplash gameW 62-1411110
Sat 8/30vs Arkansas-Pine BluffW 67-7200.500.500

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Stanford

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas Tech

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonStanford1229.99.3
2023 Regular SeasonStanford1325.58.11
2024 Regular SeasonStanford2234.915.49
2025 PostseasonTexas Tech4745.914.125
2025 Regular SeasonTexas Tech4745.914.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Hawai'i

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

8

Primary metric

8 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#2

NC State

5

Primary metric

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#3

Washington State

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#4

Kansas

7

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 64.3 takeover score.

#5

UCLA

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Texas Tech

47 primary output · 45.9 efficiency · 14.1 usage

55.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech

55.5

47 primary · 45.9 efficiency · 14.1 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Stanford

39.9

22 primary · 34.9 efficiency · 15.4 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

23

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.9718

Mater Dei · Santa Ana, CA

Committed To
Stanford
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

156

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 43 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.