David Bailey

lifecycle: veteran — 1 NFL regular-season line(s) 2026–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

1. 2026 · NYJ · LB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved17 solo tkl · 0 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 1 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T10:16:04.265Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

• Signed through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$13,668,682Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$9,940,859Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• Free agency2030 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

1. 2026 · NYJ · LB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved17 solo tkl · 0 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 1 FF

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · TB at NYJStarted. · 1 tackles (0-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · NYJ at PITStarted. · 1 tackles (1-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NYG at NYJDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
• Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · NYJ at TENStarted. · 4 tackles (4-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

1. 2025 · Texas Tech · defensive51 tkl · 14.5 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
2. 2024 · Stanford · defensive31 tkl · 6 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
3. 2023 · Stanford · defensive31 tkl · 5 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
4. 2022 · Stanford · defensive43 tkl · 1.5 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14

2026 · round 1 · pick 2 · NYJ · Texas Tech

1. 2026 Combine · EDGE · Texas Tech · 6-4 · 251 lb40 4.5 · vert 35" · broad 129"

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file

Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

• 2026-05-08 · NYJSigned Edge David Bailey, TE Kenyon Sadiq, CB D'Angelo Ponds, QB Cade Klubnik, OL Anez Cooper & DB VJ Payne to rookie contracts.

window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19

filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source

0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2026

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present