Former wide receiver at SMU. 2024: 19 catches, 275 receiving yards, 1 TD.
5′10″ · 188 lb · San Clemente, CA
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.
The story
Former wide receiver at SMU. 2024: 19 catches, 275 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Jake Bailey
Moves the chains on third down. Across six seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Bloomgren and Rhett Lashlee. 2021 brought the first one: All-Conference USA. The receipt on tape: 65 rec yds, 2 receptions against Florida State, Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at SMU, 2,051 receiving yards — drafted at #163 overall by New England.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
New EnglandEntering 8th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (7th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 42.5 | 16.1 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 35.0 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 42.8 | 17.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 30.5 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024
W 34–27
at Louisville
-3 rush yds (1 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
With K. Jennings — 281 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.8 · 113 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · I. Pearson — 54 AVG · 56 LONG · 2 NO
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Houston Christian | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 2 | L 15-18vs BYU | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | W 66-42vs TCU | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-16vs Florida State | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | 39 | Season-high 65 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 34-27@ Louisville | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 33 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-10@ Stanford | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-27@ Duke | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 19 | 275 | 15.1 | 1 | 39 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Chandler Speights’s 2020 season.
Matches Chandler on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Braeden Wisloski’s path through James Madison.
Jalen McDonald
Matches Braeden on
Player DNA