Quarterback, Drake, 2022–⁠24

Luke Bailey

Number
No. 2
Height
6′0″
Weight
172 lb
Class (2024)
Junior
Hometown
Lemont, IL

Luke Bailey played quarterback at Drake (2022–⁠24).

Career highs

411passing yards, career highvs. St. Thomas (MN), 20235touchdown passes, career highvs. St. Thomas (MN), 2023

Team titles: Pioneer Football League champions, 2023 and 2024

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2022Drake5511050.06375.843
2023Drake21238555.12,5586.6169
2024Drake25538666.12,6356.8169
Career52288159.35,8306.63621

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Drake492.303
2023Drake20140.7020
2024Drake34−24−0.7017
Career58−1−0.0020

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Drake2QBFr.
2023Drake2QBSo.
2024Drake2QBJr.6′0″172

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Drake (FCS)290.40––11.623%
2023Drake (FCS)3510.1811th (n=255)0.3262.552%
2024Drake (FCS)3550.2228th (n=238)0.3078.559%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Drake 11 games, 2,635 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 7atEastern WashingtonW 35–⁠322848380206
Sep 21atSouth DakotaL 3–⁠42162910701−3
Sep 28vs.San DiegoW 30–⁠28294926320−10
Oct 5atValparaisoW 27–⁠317262240112
Oct 12vs.ButlerW 27–⁠17162521311−1
Oct 19atPresbyterianW 19–⁠16304137501−21
Nov 2vs.MaristW 19–⁠0182520611−3
Nov 9atSt. Thomas (MN)W 22–⁠19202616721−6
Nov 16vs.Morehead StateL 20–⁠29274021021−6
Nov 23atStetsonW 49–⁠10232820430−13
Nov 30atTarleton StateL 29–⁠4331492863221

No box score in the source for Aug 29 vs. Quincy, so that game is not listed.

2023 Drake 12 games, 2,558 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2atNorth DakotaL 7–⁠5515331941113
Sep 9vs.Northwestern (IA)L 24–⁠2724322532112
Sep 16vs.South Dakota StateL 7–⁠7016292011025
Sep 30atMorehead StateW 16–⁠9233626410−14
Oct 7vs.ValparaisoW 20–⁠141635257203
Oct 14vs.St. Thomas (MN)W 52–⁠21243241150–
Oct 21atSan DiegoW 25–⁠2019442922112
Oct 28vs.StetsonW 33–⁠78229703–
Nov 4atMaristW 10–⁠3203420510–
Nov 11vs.PresbyterianW 16–⁠14183615301–
Nov 18atButlerW 13–⁠9162812010−1
Nov 25 ✦atNorth Dakota StateL 3–⁠66132411102−36
2022 Drake 5 games, 637 passing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3atNorth Dakota StateL 14–⁠56574600–
Oct 22vs.DavidsonL 14–⁠485132700–
Oct 29atStetsonW 24–⁠17214023611–
Nov 12vs.ButlerW 27–⁠241531178122
Nov 19atValparaisoW 24–⁠0919150207

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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