Alijah Halliburton

Senior safety for Wyoming. 2019: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 130 tackles.

S · Wyoming · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 190 lb · Aurora, CO

Wyoming 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2935 nationally · Signed with Wyoming

Statement game17 tackles · 2.5 TFL · 1 sackat Tulsa (FBS) · L 21-24

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Wyoming. 2019: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 130 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Wyoming in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wyoming, 222 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

20167 games

Signed with Wyoming2-star out of Overland

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2935 national

CFB

College

Wyoming

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Craig Bohl

Wyoming

Played his entire career under Craig Bohl.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Craig Bohl — 30-22 over that span.

2016Wyoming8-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2017Wyoming8-5HC: Craig Bohl · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Wyoming6-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2019Wyoming8-5HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (100th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#5 / 2688 · 100th pct

Tackles#7 / 2688 · 100th pct

130

Tackles for loss#118 / 2688 · 95th pct

11.0

Sacks#514 / 2688 · 77th pct

2.0

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Interceptions#134 / 779 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	9.8	0.8	0.2	0.2
Road7g	10.1	0.9	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	10.4	0.9	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	9.5	0.8	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jay Sawvel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Wyoming	130	73	11.0	2.0	1	2	--
2018	Wyoming	61	39	0.5	0.0	2	--	--
2017	Wyoming	20	9	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2016	Wyoming	11	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		222	128	11.5	2.0	4	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019

W 21–16

vs Idaho

4 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With R. Galovich — 45 AVG · 51 LONG · 6 NO · T. Smith — 152 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week