Malachi Bailey is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arizona.
Bailey disrupts the pocket from the interior. Arrived at Arizona from Alcorn State. On tape: 5 tackles against BYU, Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arizona | 22 | 11 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 22 | 11 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-6vs Hawai'i | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-3vs Weber State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-17vs Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-39@ No. 14 Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-33vs No. 18 BYU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 28-31@ Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-17@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-20vs Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-24@ No. 22 Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-17vs Baylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-7@ Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 19-24vs SMU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Week 1 · 2025
W 40-6
vs Hawai'i
1 interception · 0.5 sacks · 1 tackle for loss
Dominant 34-point win at home against Hawai'i.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%4 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksHurry rate
18%4 hurries22 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Pass share
49.7%
447 pass / 452 run
Plays / game
69.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
445 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
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #15 of 35 Big 12 DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
