Texas Tech EDGE David Bailey: 2026 NFL Draft profile, latest mock predictions
The Red Raiders star is a sackmaster headed to the league.
Texas Tech EDGE David Bailey: 2026 NFL Draft profile, latest mock predictions originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . David Bailey is on the verge of making history for the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Thursday.
The program has only one player to go in the top 10 over the course of the Super Bowl era (2023, No. 7 overall DE Tyree Wilson). Bailey is projected to be the first top-five pick since Dave Parks went No.
1 overall in the 1964 NFL Draft to the San Francisco 49ers. The first-team Associated Press All-American started in all 13 games and was named Big 12 Conference DL of the Year. Bailey was also a finalist for the Lombardi Award (nation's top lineman).
He tied for the FBS lead with 14. 5 sacks, ranked second with 19. 5 TFL.