Senior linebacker for BYU. 2023: 32 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′3″ · 235 lb · Salt Lake City, UT
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 linebacker for BYU. 2023: 32 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearBen Bywater
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. This is his fifth year in the same linebacker corps at BYU. The receipt: 10 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Kansas — Week 4, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at BYU, 236 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 41-22 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 41–16
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 14-0vs Sam Houston | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-16vs Southern Utah | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-31@ Arkansas | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-38@ Kansas | 10 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 7-37@ West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 16 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Drew Francis’s 2022 season.
Matches Drew on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Solomon Deshields's graduate season at Texas A&M (2024).
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Player DNA