Wesley Bailey is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Louisville.
Bailey disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Greg Schiano and Jeff Brohm. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against James Madison — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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 | Louisville | 39 | 17 | 7.0 | 6.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Rutgers | 11 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Rutgers | 25 | 9 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3 |
| 2022 | Rutgers | 28 | 16 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2021 | Rutgers | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 110 | 48 | 21.0 | 14.5 | 7 |
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 51-17vs Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-14vs James Madison | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 40-17vs Bowling Green | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-27@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-30vs No. 24 Virginia | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ No. 2 Miami | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-24vs Boston College | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 28-16@ Virginia Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-29vs California | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-20vs Clemson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-38@ SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-0vs Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 17 | 7.0 | 6.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%7 TFLSack rate
15%6 sacksHurry rate
13%5 hurries39 tackles · 7 for loss · 6 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
50.2%
414 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
63.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
39 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #82 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #11 of 73 ACC 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%).
The No. 1,063 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the ACC as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Greg Schiano and Jeff Brohm.
From Ottawa, ON — one of 83 players from Canada in FBS this season.
