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Position

Player

Matthew Bailey

DB · #7 · Illinois

Profile

Measurements: 6'2" · 225 lb
Seasons: 5
Recruiting: ★★★☆☆ · 0.8304
Class rank: #1774 · 2022
Hometown: Moline, IL
High school: Moline

Returning player.

Career

vs Power conferences · 36 games

Fumbles0 FUM · 0 LOST · 4 REC

Defense223 TOT · 131 SOLO · 10.5 TFL · 0.5 SACKS · 2 QB HUR · 9 PD · 0 TD

Interceptions4 INT · 42 YDS · 0 TD

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2026

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

TacklesBehind the line

−1

−1.5

−0.5

Duke

@ Ohio State

Purdue

@ Michigan State

Oregon

@ Maryland

Nebraska

@ UCLA

Iowa

@ Northwestern

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Fixtures still to play are faint — an empty column under a bold or plain opponent is a game he did not appear in. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 8 games

Defense65 TOT · 39 SOLO · 4 TFL · 0.5 SACKS · 1 QB HUR · 0 PD · 0 TD

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	TFL	SACKS	QB HUR
11	@ UCLA	L 14–22	9	5	0	0	1
10	vs Nebraska	W 24–13	11	7	0.5	0.5	0
9	@ Maryland	W 20–17	6	3	1.5	0	0
8	vs Oregon	W 21–10	8	7	1	0	0
6	@ Michigan State	W 38–37	4	2	0	0	0
5	vs Purdue	L 17–24	9	7	0	0	0
4	@ Ohio State	L 19–42	14	7	1	0	0
2	vs Duke	L 27–31	4	1	0	0	0

2025

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

TacklesBehind the line

−1

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Passes defended

Tennessee *

@ Duke

@ Indiana

USC

@ Purdue

Ohio State

@ Washington

Rutgers

Maryland

@ Wisconsin

Northwestern

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 10 games

Fumbles0 FUM · 0 LOST · 1 REC

Defense69 TOT · 52 SOLO · 4 TFL · 0 SACKS · 0 QB HUR · 2 PD · 0 TD

Fumbles

Wk	Opponent	Result	FUM	LOST	REC
2	@ Duke	W 45–19	0	0	1

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD
14	vs Northwestern	W 20–13	6	4	1	1
13	@ Wisconsin	L 10–27	10	8	0	0
12	vs Maryland	W 24–6	10	8	0	0
10	vs Rutgers	W 35–13	5	3	1	0
9	@ Washington	L 25–42	6	5	0	0
7	vs Ohio State	L 16–34	8	7	1	1
6	@ Purdue	W 43–27	4	2	0	0
5	vs USC	W 34–32	5	4	1	0
4	@ Indiana	L 10–63	9	6	0	0
2	@ Duke	W 45–19	6	5	0	0

2024

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

TacklesBehind the line

−1

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Interceptions

Passes defended

South Carolina *

Kansas

@ Nebraska

@ Penn State

Purdue

Michigan

@ Oregon

Minnesota

Michigan State

@ Rutgers

Northwestern *

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 11 games

Fumbles0 FUM · 0 LOST · 1 REC

Defense81 TOT · 35 SOLO · 2 TFL · 0 SACKS · 0 QB HUR · 5 PD · 0 TD

Interceptions1 INT · 20 YDS · 0 TD

Fumbles

Wk	Opponent	Result	FUM	LOST	REC
14	vs Northwestern *	W 38–28	0	0	1

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD
17	vs South Carolina *	W 21–17	13	5	0	0
14	vs Northwestern *	W 38–28	8	2	0	2
13	@ Rutgers	W 38–31	11	7	0	0
12	vs Michigan State	W 38–16	5	2	1	1
10	vs Minnesota	L 17–25	5	2	1	1
9	@ Oregon	L 9–38	4	2	0	0
8	vs Michigan	W 21–7	11	6	0	0
7	vs Purdue	W 50–49	5	4	0	1
5	@ Penn State	L 7–21	9	3	0	0
4	@ Nebraska	W 31–24	6	1	0	0
2	vs Kansas	W 23–17	4	1	0	0

Interceptions

Wk	Opponent	Result	INT	YDS	TD
8	vs Michigan	W 21–7	1	20	0

2023

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

TacklesBehind the line

−0.5

@ Kansas

Penn State

@ Purdue

Nebraska

@ Maryland

Wisconsin

@ Minnesota

Indiana

@ Iowa

Northwestern

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 5 · 1 game

Defense5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 0.5 TFL · 0 SACKS · 0 QB HUR · 0 PD · 0 TD

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	TFL	SACKS	QB HUR	PD	TD
3	vs Penn State	L 13–30	5	3	0.5	0	0	0	0

2022

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

Tackles

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Interceptions

Passes defended

@ Indiana

Mississippi State *

Virginia

@ Wisconsin

Iowa

Minnesota

@ Nebraska

Michigan State

Purdue

@ Michigan

@ Northwestern

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 5 · 6 games

Fumbles0 FUM · 0 LOST · 2 REC

Defense3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL · 0 SACKS · 1 QB HUR · 2 PD · 0 TD

Interceptions3 INT · 22 YDS · 0 TD

Fumbles

Wk	Opponent	Result	FUM	LOST	REC
2	vs Virginia	W 24–3	0	0	2

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	QB HUR	PD
16	vs Mississippi State *	L 10–19	0	0	0	1
13	@ Northwestern	W 41–3	1	0	1	0
12	@ Michigan	L 17–19	1	1	0	0
10	vs Michigan State	L 15–23	1	1	0	0
6	vs Iowa	W 9–6	0	0	0	1

Interceptions

Wk	Opponent	Result	INT	YDS
16	vs Mississippi State *	L 10–19	1	17
6	vs Iowa	W 9–6	1	5
2	vs Virginia	W 24–3	1	0