#15

Aleva Hifo

Senior wide receiver for BYU. 2019: 42 catches, 483 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · BYU · Sr. · #15

5′10″ · 187 lb · Menifee, CA

BYU 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1445 nationally · Signed with BYU

Statement game9 rec · 148 ydsat East Carolina (FBS) · L 17-33

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for BYU. 2019: 42 catches, 483 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to BYU in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at BYU, 1,336 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 148 yds at East Carolina.East Carolina · L 17-332017

201612 games

Signed with BYU3-star out of Heritage

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1445 national

CFB

College

BYU

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Kalani Sitake

BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 27-25 over that span.

2016BYU9-4HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2017BYU4-9HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2018BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2019BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (95th percentile). Strength: rush yards (90th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#9 / 283 · 95th pct

Rush yards#28 / 283 · 90th pct

104

Long catch#53 / 556 · 89th pct

Receptions#169 / 556 · 69th pct

Rec yards#228 / 556 · 59th pct

483

Rec TDs#219 / 556 · 54th pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#374 / 556 · 32nd pct

11.5

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.0	45.7	10.7	0.2
Road6g	3.0	34.8	9.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	49.6	11.4	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	27.2	8.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	BYU	42	483	11.5	3	--
2018	BYU	28	358	12.8	2	--
2017	BYU	37	437	11.8	2	--
2016	BYU	11	58	5.3	0	--
Career		118	1,336	11.3	7	--

Season	Team
2019	BYU	23	104	--	222	--
2018	BYU	30	129	135	10	--
2017	BYU	--	--	23	--	--
2016	BYU	2	--	440	--	--
Career		55	233	598	232	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019

W 30–27

vs USC

2 rush yds (2 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With Z. Wilson — 280 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.2 · 10 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · J. Oldroyd — 43 LONG · 75 PCT · 12 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 12-30vs Utah	4	40	10.0	0	13
Wk 2	W 29-26@ Tennessee	2	15	7.5	0	10
Wk 3	W 30-27vs USC	3	30	10.0	0	17
Wk 4	L 19-45vs Washington	6	87	14.5	0	23
Wk 5	L 21-28@ Toledo	5	111	22.2	2	75	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 7	L 23-27@ South Florida	3	20	6.7	0	8
Wk 8	W 28-25vs Boise State	2	11	5.5	0	9
Wk 10	W 42-14@ Utah State	3	30	10.0	0	15
Wk 11	W 31-24vs Liberty	4	62	15.5	1	41
Wk 13	W 56-24@ Massachusetts	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 14	L 3-13@ San Diego State	3	20	6.7	0	11
Bowl	L 34-38vs Hawai'i	5	44	8.8	0	24
Total		42	483	10.3	3	75

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology