David Bailey stats

Jets

Linebacker · #31

Age 23 · 6' 3" · 251 lbs

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David Bailey recorded 35 tackles and 5.5 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the New York Jets. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
35
SOLO
21
AST
14
SACK
5.5
INT
0
PD
1
FF
3
Totals by season
SeasonTeamGPGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLOSOLO: Tackles made without help.ASTAST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PDPD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FFFF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2026NYJ73521145.5013

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
7
TOT
35
SOLO
21
AST
14
SACK
5.5
INT
0
PD
1
FF
3

Per game

GP
7
TOT
5
SOLO
3
AST
2
SACK
0.8
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0.4

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
SeasonTeamGPGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLOSOLO: Tackles made without help.ASTAST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PDPD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FFFF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2026NYJ75320.800.10.4

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
7
TOT
5
SOLO
3
AST
2
SACK
0.8
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0.4

Bio

Age
23 yearsAug 28, 2003
Height
6' 3"
Weight
251 lbs
Experience
0 years
Birthplace
Irvine, CA
Draft
2026Rd 1, Pk 2
College
Texas Tech
Salary
$37.1 million2026

Against other linebackers

2026 regular season, 196 NFL linebackers with 6+ games.

  • Sacks5.5

    Higher than 97% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Tackles35

    Higher than 69% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Forced Fumbles3

    Higher than 97% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

Latest performance

David Bailey

Oct 25 · vs MIA · L 28-25

TOT
4
SOLO
3
AST
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

81% of his club's defensive snaps a game (379 in 7 games); 94% in week 7.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1TEN3570%0
2GB4373%0
3DET4468%0
4CHI7378%0
5CLE5784%0
6NE6697%5
7MIA6194%4

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

David Bailey has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202601Groin, Elbow

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2026 NFL combine

EDGE, 6'4", 251 lb · Texas Tech

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.50s99th
Vertical jump35"81st
Broad jump10' 9"98th

Percentile: the share of EDGEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2026 combine

Games

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Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Oct 25vsMIAL 28-25430.50
Sun, Oct 18atNEL 26-196100
Sun, Oct 11vsCLEW 17-127530
Sun, Oct 04atCHIL 23-126200
Sun, Sep 27atDETL 31-245400
Sun, Sep 20vsGBL 20-17 OT3210

What are David Bailey's career stats?

David Bailey has played 1 season for the Jets. He has recorded 35 tackles and 5.5 sacks. His best season so far is 2026: 35 tackles and 5.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 4 @ TEN on Sep 13, 2026, W 23-10
  • Sacks: 1 @ TEN on Sep 13, 2026, W 23-10
David Bailey's best game in each stat, by season
SeasonTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202641.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2026.

David Bailey college stats

David Bailey played 4 seasons at Stanford Cardinal and Texas Tech Red Raiders (2022 to 2025): 163 tackles, 29 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

David Bailey's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2022Stanford Cardinal46301602.52000
2023Stanford Cardinal342212050000
2024Stanford Cardinal31229075000
2025Texas Tech Red Raiders523220314.53000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: David Bailey's college game log.

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