Last confirmed: Fresno State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Austin, TX · Lake Travis
James Bailey: LB · Fresno State · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
James Bailey
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. James Bailey has been at Fresno State through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 10 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Nevada, Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
80 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 11.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Fresno State | 80 | 45 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | Fresno State | 71 | 39 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2016 | Fresno State | 58 | 32 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 209 | 116 | 20.5 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 79-13vs Idaho | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-21@ Minnesota | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-14@ UCLA | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-27vs Toledo | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-3@ Nevada | 10 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 27-3vs Wyoming | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-7@ New Mexico | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 50-20vs Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-3@ UNLV | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-24@ Boise State | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-14vs San Diego State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-13vs San José State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 19-16@ No. 19 Boise State | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-20vs Arizona State | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 45 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
80tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%12 TFLSack rate
4%3 sacksPD rate
5%4 pass breakups80 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 3 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road7g | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Tedford
Pass share
47.5%
441 pass / 488 run
Plays / game
66.4
14 games
Team sack rate
2.8%
468 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
80 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Fresno State, 209 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 40 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim DeRuyter, Eric Kiesau, and Jeff Tedford. Multi-era developmental context.
