#32

Bailey Despanie

Senior safety for Tulane. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

S · Tulane · Sr. · #32

6′1″ · 204 lb · Lafayette, LA

CFB Index 55 · #227 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Tulane for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

5 PBU · 52 tackles · 1.5 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 9 tackles, vs East Carolina

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Tulane. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulane in 2021.
1 interception in 2023. Then 1 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Bailey Despanie

S · Tulane · Sr · #32

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Bailey Despanie has been at Tulane through three head coaches in four seasons. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-AAC. One game to point at: 9 tackles against East Carolina — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Tulane12-2HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

2023Tulane11-3HC: Slade Nagle · Run-leaning

2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy

2025Tulane11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Rotational starter #227 of 544?

Medium confidenceBounce-Back7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Strength: solo tackles (84th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#448 / 2975 · 84th pct

Tackles#550 / 2975 · 81st pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.9	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road5g	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #227 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #227 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #16 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Tulane	52	32	1.5	0.0	5	1	--
2024	Tulane	53	41	2.5	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Tulane	67	45	5.5	0.0	2	1	--
2022	Tulane	11	9	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		183	127	10.5	1.0	9	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 34–21

vs North Texas

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

With J. Retzlaff — 145 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.9 · 49 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD · J. McClure — 121 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 23-3vs Northwestern	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 33-31@ South Alabama	5	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-27vs Duke	5	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 10-45@ Ole Miss	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 31-14@ Tulsa	6	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 26-19vs East Carolina	9	6	0.0	—	1	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Army	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 35-24vs Florida Atlantic	1	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 37-13@ Temple	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 27-0vs Charlotte	1	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 15	W 34-21vs North Texas	2	2	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 10-41@ Ole Miss	8	6	0.0	—	0
Total		52	32	1.5	1	5

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

52Tackles

32Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

5Pass def.

1INT

52 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 52 PD
Week 71 PD
Week 121 INT
Week 131 PD
Week 151 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Tulane

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Tulane

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -7 net (20 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Tulane · Last season: 11-3 (AP #17) · Talent rank #70 · 2026 recruiting class #64

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ronnie Hickman’s 2022 season.

Ronnie Hickman

89%match

Ohio State · 2022

All-Big Ten

Isaac White

Wyoming · 2023

86%

Jacob Thomas

James Madison · 2023

84%

Dean Clark

Fresno State · 2024

All-Mountain West

82%

Johnathan Baldwin

UNLV · 2022

81%

Matches Ronnie on

Weight

Interceptions

Height

Differs from Ronnie on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Spencer's senior season at Michigan State (2025).

Malik Spencer

91%match

Michigan State · 2025

Jalen Apalit-Williams

San José State · 2025

87%

Jayden Johnson

Arkansas · 2024

86%

Ja'Marion Wayne

Coastal Carolina · 2025

85%

Jordan Huff

Georgia State · 2025

84%

Matches Malik on

Class year

Height

Interceptions

Player DNA

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Keon Sabb

Alabama · 2025

86%

Makell Esteen

Washington · 2025

85%

Key Lawrence

UCLA · 2025

84%

Marvin Burks Jr.

Missouri · 2025

84%

Barry Manning

Eastern Michigan · 2025

82%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2021

202414 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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