CJ Bazile Jr.

Senior defensive lineman for Liberty. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

DL · Liberty · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 260 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 35 · #298 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Liberty for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Tackles for loss: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1.5

sacks · 2025

5.5 TFL · 27 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 6 tackles, vs Maine

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Liberty. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

His career, year by year

CJ Bazile Jr.

DL · Liberty · Sr · #1

Wins his gap play after play. CJ Bazile Jr. has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Liberty. He has been named All-Conference USA two seasons running, most recently in 2024. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Maine — Week 1, 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

2022Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2024Liberty8-4HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2025Liberty4-8HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #298 of 420?

Medium confidenceFading7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct

5.5

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles#1543 / 2975 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.8	0.2	0.0
Road5g	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.5	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

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

35 · #298 of 420 edge rushers

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #33 of 45 Conference USA DLs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Liberty	27	12	5.5	1.5	--	--	--
2024	Liberty	54	17	4.5	2.0	--	--	--
2023	Liberty	48	20	10.5	3.0	--	--	--
2022	Liberty	5	3	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		134	52	22.0	6.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 28–7

vs Maine

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO

Dominant 21-point win at home against Maine.

With E. Vasko — 197 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 39.7 · 63 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · M. Morgan — 36 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 46 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 28-7vs Maine	6	1	1.5	1.5	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	L 24-34@ Jacksonville State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 13-31vs James Madison	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 7-21@ Old Dominion	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 19-8@ UTEP	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 30-27vs New Mexico State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 59-30vs Delaware	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 17-21vs Missouri State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 27-34@ Florida International	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 28-34@ Louisiana Tech	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 42-48vs Kennesaw State	3	1	1.0	0.0	—
Total		27	12	5.5	1.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

27Tackles

12Solo

5.5TFL

1.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.

Week 11.5 sacks

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

Liberty

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Liberty

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +6 net (26 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Liberty · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #79 · 2026 recruiting class #109

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalen Dixon’s 2022 season.

Jalen Dixon

83%match

UNLV · 2022

Jaylen Griffin

Virginia Tech · 2022

82%

Kellan Wyatt

Maryland · 2024

81%

William Whitlow Jr.

Memphis · 2025

All-AAC

81%

Mikail Kamara

Indiana · 2025

80%

Matches Jalen on

TFL rate

Height

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Quentin Wilfawn's senior season at South Alabama (2023).

Quentin Wilfawn

84%match

South Alabama · 2023

All-Sun Belt

William Whitlow Jr.

Memphis · 2025

All-AAC

81%

Trace Ford

Oklahoma · 2024

80%

Dashaun Mallory

Arizona State · 2023

80%

Jordan Revels

Texas State · 2023

All-Sun Belt

79%

Matches Quentin on

Class year

TFL rate

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like CJ Bazile Jr.

Roderick Daniels

Kennesaw State · 2025

82%

Jamie Sheriff

South Alabama · 2023

80%

Mikail Kamara

Indiana · 2025

80%

Jevon Banks

UConn · 2024

80%

William Whitlow Jr.

Memphis · 2023

75%

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

CJ Bazile Jr.

202313 games

202410 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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