6′2″ · Weymouth, MA
Khary Bailey-Smith: S · Massachusetts · #21.
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Khary Bailey-Smith
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the Massachusetts secondary. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Troy — Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Massachusetts | 69 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2015 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2014 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Career | 69 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-24@ No. 25 Florida | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 7-26vs Boston College | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-13vs Florida International | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-47vs Mississippi State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs Tulane | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-56vs Louisiana Tech | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-34@ South Carolina | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-10vs Wagner | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-52@ Troy | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-51@ BYU | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 40-46@ Hawai'i | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 69 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL69 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Mark Whipple, all pass-leaning offenses — 8-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
55.1%
436 pass / 356 run
Plays / game
66.0
12 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
490 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
69 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Massachusetts, 69 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charley Molnar → Mark Whipple. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
