Dominic Bailey is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Tennessee.
Bailey disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fifth year in the same defensive front at Tennessee. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 sack against Georgia, Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-26vs Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 72-17vs East Tennessee State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 41-44vs No. 6 Georgia | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 56-24vs UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-34@ Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31vs Arkansas | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-37@ No. 6 Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-34@ Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-33vs No. 18 Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-9vs New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-11@ Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45vs No. 12 Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 28-30vs Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 11 | 6.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%6 TFLSack rate
17%4 sacksHurry rate
15%4 hurries27 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Josh Heupel — 45-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
47.3%
437 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
71.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #98 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #8 of 60 SEC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
