Levelle Bailey: LB · Fresno State · #6.
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Levelle Bailey
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for three head coaches at Fresno State: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer and Lee Marks. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Mountain West again in 2023. On tape: 9 tackles against Nevada, Week 5, 2023.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 5 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 5.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Fresno State | 78 | 44 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | Fresno State | 75 | 45 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 56 | 34 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 6 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 21 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Fresno State | 30 | 13 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 260 | 150 | 27.0 | 6.5 | 20 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-35@ Purdue | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-31vs Eastern Washington | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 29-0@ Arizona State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 53-10vs Kent State | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-9vs Nevada | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 19-24@ Wyoming | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-32@ Utah State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-24vs UNLV | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-30vs Boise State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 18-42@ San José State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-25vs New Mexico | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 18-33@ San Diego State | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 37-10vs New Mexico State | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 78 | 44 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 5 |
Week 9 · 2023
W 31-24
vs UNLV
1 interception · 8 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
6%5 pass breakups78 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 6.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Tedford
Pass share
59.0%
513 pass / 356 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
538 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #31 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Fresno State, 260 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 50 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM
All-Mountain West 2nd team (2023)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Tedford → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
