David Bailey
New York JetsOVERPAIDPos OLB
Updated September 3, 2026
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 2 · New York Jets · 2026
Texas Tech (Big 12)
Taken
#2
where he actually went
Consensus board
8th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our board
3rd
where we had him ranked
Our college model
#61
among OLB in our college data
He went about where consensus had him.
In college · 2022-2025 · 49 games
27.0 sacks, 41 TFL, 50 pressures, 156 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Coming out
9.65
RAS
4.50s
40 yd
35"
Vertical
129"
Broad
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 100 players taken as a top-10 pick between 2012 and 2021, 83% earned a second contract and 75% became starters. The median one started 81 career games.