Senior running back for Texas A&M. 2023: 97 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 catch.
6′0″ · 235 lb · Ridgely, MD
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1391 nationally · Signed with Boston College
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Texas A&M. 2023: 97 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 catch.
David Bailey
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Four head coaches in six seasons, at three different programs. One game to point at: 56 rush yds against Mississippi State — Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career, closed
Gone at #2 overall.
How it ended
Six seasons at Texas A&M, 2,512 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jimbo Fisher → Elijah Robinson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 23.8 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 8.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 24.0 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Elko
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas A&M | 20 | 97 | 4.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 20 | 61 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Colorado State | 197 | 752 | 3.8 | 9 | -- |
| 2020 | Boston College | 127 | 503 | 4.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2019 | Boston College | 148 | 844 | 5.7 | 7 | -- |
| 2018 | Boston College | 57 | 255 | 4.5 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 569 | 2,512 | 4.4 | 26 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas A&M | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Colorado State | 15 | 134 | 8.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Boston College | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Boston College | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Boston College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 37 | 307 | 8.3 | 4 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-10vs New Mexico | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 2 | L 33-48@ Miami | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-3vs UL Monroe | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-10vs Mississippi State | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 56 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 38-10vs Abilene Christian | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-42@ LSU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 20 | 97 | 4.1 | 1 | 19 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
4.5% of carries overall (19/424) → 22.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/81) — 22.2% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (8.3%).
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Greg Garner’s 2021 season.
Matches Greg on
Differs from Greg on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Travis Theis’s path through South Dakota.
Travis Theis
Rickey Spruill
Jawaun Northington
Matches Travis on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Carson Smith's senior season at Army (2025).
Matches Carson on
Differs from Carson on
Player DNA