Player Dossier

2024-2025

NC State

CJ Bailey

QB • 6'6" • 210 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

CJ Bailey is a balanced quarterback profile with 21.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

72%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

69

Solid production for a quarterback

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

58

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Player Story

CJ Bailey built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Miami, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of CJ Bailey's career was his passing role: 5,517 passing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8933

Chaminade-Madonna · Hollywood, FL

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

CJ Bailey, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State. CJ Bailey is a balanced quarterback profile with 21.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
6,011
Passing yards
5,517
Rushing yards
494
Touchdowns
53

Quick Answers

CJ Bailey quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · QB
Career Total Offense
6,011
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · NC State
Top game
Syracuse
Recruit profile
4-star · Chaminade-Madonna · NC State
High school pipeline
Chaminade-Madonna · 72 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 11 · Sophomore
2025 Total offense rank
3,320 total offense · QB 40th (top 10%) · ACC 6th (top 3%) · National 40th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2024 PostseasonNC State1225423024370.4
2024 Regular SeasonNC State122,4372,1822551970.4
2025 PostseasonNC State132212210373.2
2025 Regular SeasonNC State133,0992,8842152873.2

Related Context

CJ Bailey played QB for NC State. Across 2 tracked seasons, CJ Bailey recorded 5,517 passing yards, 494 rushing yards, and -10 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

NC State paired 3,320 primary output with 63.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 63.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Win with 374 yards of offense and 82.9 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · NC State

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

255.4

Efficiency

63.8

Usage

21.8

Consistency

80.7

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 221. East Carolina: 339. Virginia: 244. Wake Forest: 220. Duke: 373. Virginia Tech: 221. Campbell: 341. Notre Dame: 172. Pittsburgh: 264. Georgia Tech: 374. Miami: 131. Florida State: 154. North Carolina: 266

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 32 by 57.4. East Carolina: 41 by 66.7. Virginia: 29 by 78.8. Wake Forest: 40 by 62. Duke: 46 by 58.6. Virginia Tech: 43 by 58.8. Campbell: 26 by 75.1. Notre Dame: 39 by 42.1. Pittsburgh: 46 by 68. Georgia Tech: 37 by 82.9. Miami: 36 by 45.4. Florida State: 33 by 56.3. North Carolina: 38 by 76.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins269.9 · Games = 8 · +37.7 vs Losses
Losses232.2 · Games = 5 · -37.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

Best efficiency game

82.9 vs Georgia Tech

Result
Fri 12/19vs Memphis3+ TDW 31-7142522156.02057.4700114
Sun 11/30vs North CarolinaDual-threatW 42-19213020170.02076.88658.10019
Sat 11/22vs Florida StateW 21-11182515272.02056.3820.30011
Sat 11/15@ MiamiL 7-41173012056.70245.46111.80110
Sat 11/1vs Georgia Tech300-yard game · 3+ TDW 48-36243234075.02082.95346.80119
Sat 10/25@ Pittsburgh3+ TDL 34-53244022560.030686396.50012
Sat 10/11@ Notre DameL 7-36173018656.71342.19-14-1.60010
Sat 10/4vs Campbell300-yard game · 3+ TDW 56-10202333787.04075.1341.3002
Sat 9/27vs Virginia TechL 21-23263424076.52058.89-19-2.1005
Sat 9/20@ Duke300-yard gameL 33-45293936474.42358.6791.30011
Thu 9/11@ Wake Forest3+ TDW 34-24233220171.930628192.40010
Sat 9/6vs Virginia3+ TDW 35-31162320069.61078.86447.30230
Thu 8/28vs East Carolina300-yard gameW 24-17243431870.61166.77213113

Player Story

CJ Bailey story

CJ Bailey built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Miami, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of CJ Bailey's career was his passing role: 5,517 passing yards, 42 touchdown passes, 699 attempts, and 494 rushing yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with NC State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 494 rushing yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State.

The arc is straightforward: CJ Bailey moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    NC State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonNC State2,6916126.2
2024 Regular SeasonNC State2,6916126.20
2025 PostseasonNC State3,32063.821.8629
2025 Regular SeasonNC State3,32063.821.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Syracuse

Week 7 · L 17-24 · Conference game

Loss with 357 yards of offense and 73.5 efficiency.

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Total Offense

82.5 takeover

357 total offense with 73.5 efficiency.

#2

@ California

Week 8 · W 24-23 · Conference game

299

Total Offense

81.3 takeover

Win with 299 yards of offense and 60.1 efficiency.

299 total offense with 60.1 efficiency.

#3

@ North Carolina

Week 14 · W 35-30 · Conference game

296

Total Offense

74.2 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

296 total offense with 72.1 efficiency.

#4

vs No. 35 Georgia Tech

Week 10 · W 48-36 · Conference game

374

Total Offense

71.9 takeover

Win with 374 yards of offense and 82.9 efficiency.

374 total offense with 82.9 efficiency.

#5

@ No. 36 Pittsburgh

Week 9 · L 34-53 · Conference game

264

Total Offense

69.6 takeover

Loss with 264 yards of offense and 68 efficiency.

264 total offense with 68 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · NC State

3,320 primary output · 63.8 efficiency · 21.8 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · NC State

73.2

3,320 primary · 63.8 efficiency · 21.8 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · NC State

70.4

2,691 primary · 61 efficiency · 26.2 usage

Milestones

7

250+ passing yards

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300+ total offense

9

3+ TD games

14

Above avg efficiency