Player Dossier

2025-2025

Rice

Braden Bays

DL • 6'3" • 259 lbs • Boerne, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Braden Bays shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.2

Efficiency

14.4

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

10.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Rice

2525

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Rice
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

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.

Braden Bays, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Rice. Braden Bays shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Rice paired 1 primary output with 14.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.4 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: Texas State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. 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 · Rice

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

14.4

Usage

3.2

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Texas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 1. North Texas: 0. South Florida: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 2 by 18.3. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Losses0.3 · n=3
First Half0.5 · n=2
All Games0.3 · n=3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas State

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs South Florida

Result
Fri 1/2@ Texas StateL 10-4122100
Sun 11/30@ South FloridaL 3-5251000
Sun 11/23vs North TexasL 24-5611000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Rice

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonRice114.43.2
2025 Regular SeasonRice114.43.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Texas State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.

#2

South Florida

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.

#3

North Texas

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · Rice

1 primary output · 14.4 efficiency · 3.2 usage

10.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · Rice

10.7

1 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

8

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 3 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Braden Bays quick answers

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
8