JaQuan Bailey

Senior defensive end for Iowa State. 2020: 7 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

DE · Iowa State · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 261 lb · Jacksonville, FL

All-AmericanIowa State 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1514 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

Statement game7 tackles · 4 TFL · 3.5 sacksat TCU (FBS) · W 37-34

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

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The story

4 defensive end for Iowa State. 2020: 7 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2016.
Named All-America (FWAA) in 2020.
Named All-America (FWAA) in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Iowa State, 26 sacks, an All-American season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201610 games

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Raines
Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Raines

202011 games

All-Americafirst
All-Big 12first

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#882 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2020)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2020

1 coach

2016–2020

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Matt Campbell — 35-28 over that span.

2016Iowa State3-9HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2019Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2020Iowa State9-3HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#16 / 2211 · 99th pct

13.0

Sacks#17 / 2211 · 99th pct

7.0

QB hurries#250 / 2211 · 84th pct

Passes defended#309 / 2211 · 82nd pct

Tackles#514 / 2211 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#666 / 2211 · 69th pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th 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

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.4
Road4g	4.2	2.2	1.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	4.8	1.5	0.9	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	2.7	1.0	0.5	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-American

Named to an All-America team by a recognized selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Selector Grid · 2020

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Iowa State	38	20	13.0	7.0	3	--	--
2019	Iowa State	10	2	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2018	Iowa State	47	17	15.5	8.0	5	--	--
2017	Iowa State	34	19	11.0	7.0	3	--	--
2016	Iowa State	23	11	6.0	3.5	1	--	--
Career		152	69	45.5	25.5	13	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week