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Jake Bailey

Age: 29
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 212 lbs
College: Stanford
Drafted: 2019, No. 163 overall (NE)
Experience: 8th NFL season

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Overall grade

21st of 33 punters

Below typical

about average; 50 is average

Grades updated Mon, Oct 12, 3:02 AM ETRechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Jake grades about average among punters so far, with no number far from the middle.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the punters in the league.

Punts inside the 2050%8th of 33small sample
EPA per punt+0.0710th of 33small sample
Net yards per punt41.8 yds19th of 33small sample
Touchbacks19%32nd of 33small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying punters. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among punters after each week, and every game behind it.

Season rank holding near the 72nd percentile since Wk 1.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per punt game by game
Week	Opponent	That game	punts	Season rank after
1	vs PIT	+0.03	6	71st pct
2	vs CAR	+0.02	2	74th pct
3	vs GB	+0.48	2	78th pct
4	vs NO	−0.29	2	69th pct
5	vs BAL	+0.12	4	72nd pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 3 punts can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every punter with at least 8 punts. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per punt

Above typical

+0.07

10th of 33 punters · top 31%

−0.33worse to better+0.25

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From the punting team's side: a punt that pins the offense deep adds points, a short punt gives them up.

The box score: Punting average ignores the return, the touchback and where the punt was kicked from.

Does it show up in winning? Across 70 games league-wide, a good or bad game on EPA per punt from a punter has not lined up much with his team winning (35% wins in the best third, 30% in the worst).

Net yards per punt

Typical

41.8 yds

19th of 33 punters · bottom 46%

39.5 ydsworse to better45.0 yds

Punt distance minus the return, with 20 yards taken off for a touchback.

The box score: Gross average counts yards the returner takes back.

Does it show up in winning? Across 70 games league-wide, teams won 35% of the time when their punter was in the best third on net yards per punt, and 22% when he was in the worst third.

Punts inside the 20

Well above typical

50%

8th of 33 punters · top 25%

29%worse to better63%

The share of his punts that land inside the 20-yard line.

The box score: Counted, but not against how many punts were close enough to try.

Does it show up in winning? Across 70 games league-wide, teams won 56% of the time when their punter was in the best third on punts inside the 20, and 22% when he was in the worst third.

Touchbacks

Among the weakest

19%lower is better

32nd of 33 punters · bottom 7%

13%worse to better0%

The share of his punts that are touchbacks, which waste the distance. Fewer is better.

The box score: Counted, but not against attempts.

Does it show up in winning? Across 70 games league-wide, teams won 44% of the time when their punter was in the best third on touchbacks, and 22% when he was in the worst third.

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the punters around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Gross punt average

Style

47.9 yds

Right around the middle of punters: a typical one is 47.9 yds.

45.0 ydslow to high50.6 yds

Average punt distance before the return. It is the box score number, shown beside net yards for comparison.

Fair catches

Style

50%

Forces fair catches, and more so than almost any of the punters. A typical one is 33%.

18%low to high49%

The share of his punts that are fair caught, a sign of directional kicking and hang time.

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Jake Bailey game by game
Game	Result	Punts	In 20	EPA/punt	Net yds	Inside 20	Touchbacks
Wk 1 vs PIT	L 13–20	6	3	+0.03	39.3 yds	50%	33%
Wk 2 vs CAR	L 3–34	2	1	+0.02	44.5 yds	50%	0%
Wk 3 vs GB	W 35–14	2	2	+0.48	45.5 yds	100%	0%
Wk 4 vs NO	W 45–24	2	1	−0.29	35.0 yds	50%	0%
Wk 5 vs BAL	L 23–30	4	1	+0.12	45.5 yds	25%	25%

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among punters. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Jake Bailey box score totals
Stat	Total	Rank
Punts	16	15th of 33
Punts inside the 20	8	8th of 33

Players with a similar profile

The punters whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

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Overall 49 · +0.25
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Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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