#93

Blake Mangelson

Former defensive end at BYU. 2024: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

DE · BYU · Sr. · #93

6′5″ · 270 lb · Nephi, UT

CFB Index 56 · #174 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceBYU 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive end at BYU. 2024: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at BYU, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

BYU

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Kalani Sitake

BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 34-17 over that span.

2021BYU10-3HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #174 of 426?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (82nd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#484 / 2892 · 82nd pct

5.5

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles#1043 / 2892 · 63rd pct

Solo tackles#1430 / 2892 · 49th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.8	0.7	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.2	0.2	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 · 2024

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #174 of 426 edge rushers

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	BYU	37	15	5.5	2.0	1	1	--
2023	BYU	27	9	2.5	0.5	2	--	--
2022	BYU	11	5	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	BYU	5	3	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		80	32	10.5	2.5	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 18–15

at SMU

1 SACKS · 2 SOLO · 7 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With J. Retzlaff — 202 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 29.6 · 35 rush yds (10 car) · S. Vander Haar — 42 AVG · 46 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 41-13vs Southern Illinois	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 18-15@ SMU	7	2	2.5	1.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	W 38-9vs Kansas State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 34-28@ Baylor	4	4	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	W 41-19vs Arizona	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 38-35vs Oklahoma State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 37-24@ UCF	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 22-21@ Utah	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 13-17vs Kansas	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 23-28@ Arizona State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 30-18vs Houston	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		37	15	5.5	2.0	1	1

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

Blake Mangelson

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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