#44

Bo Maile

Senior defensive tackle on Utah State's 2026 roster.

DT · Utah State · Sr. · #44

6′3″ · 270 lb · South Jordan, UT

CFB Index 28 · #228 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Utah State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETat UtahRice-Eccles StadiumUtah by 28

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 55th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

1 TFL · 10 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1 TFL, 1 tackles, at Hawai'i

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle on Utah State's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah State in 2021.

His career, year by year

Bo Maile

DT · Utah State · Sr · #44

Wins his gap play after play. Bo Maile has been at Utah State through three head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 2 tackles against McNeese — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2023Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2024Utah State4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced

2025Utah State6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

28Below cohort / limited sample #228 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (2nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Solo tackles#2694 / 2975 · 8th pct

Tackles#2859 / 2975 · 2nd 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

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road3g	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Utah State	10	5	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2024	Utah State	19	7	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
2023	Utah State	14	7	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Utah State	7	5	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		50	24	4.0	1.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 48–7

vs McNeese

2 TOT

Dominant 41-point win at home against McNeese.

With B. Barnes — 293 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.7 · 128 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · M. Davis — 118 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 28-16vs UTEP	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 48-7vs McNeese	2	0	0.0	—	Season-high 2 tackles
Wk 7	L 26-44@ Hawai'i	1	1	1.0	—
Wk 8	W 30-25vs San José State	0	0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 14-33@ New Mexico	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 51-14vs Nevada	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 28-17@ Fresno State	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 24-25vs Boise State	1	0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 21-34vs Washington State	2	1	0.0	—
Total		10	5	1.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

9 games

10Tackles

5Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

10 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Utah State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Utah State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #123 · 2026 recruiting class #97

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaylen Pate’s 2022 season.

Jaylen Pate

91%match

Northwestern · 2022

De'Jon Benton

USC · 2022

86%

Ja'Kerrius Wyatt

Middle Tennessee · 2022

84%

Zach Rowell

Stanford · 2024

83%

Earl Barquet

UL Monroe · 2024

82%

Matches Jaylen on

TFL rate

Weight

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Garret Fountain's senior season at San Diego State (2023).

Garret Fountain

84%match

San Diego State · 2023

Darian Varner

Cincinnati · 2024

All-AAC

84%

Tyreak Sapp

Florida · 2025

All-SEC

83%

Earl Barquet

UL Monroe · 2024

83%

Nathaniel Smith

Army · 2023

83%

Matches Garret on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Weight

Player DNA

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The defensive line · Utah State

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#28Carson TujagueDT · Fr.4 tackles for loss · 2025
#51Ta'Avili TuitamaDT · Sr.4 tackles for loss · 2025
#10Gabriel Iniguez Jr.DT · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#44Bo MaileDT · Sr.1 tackle for loss · 2025

11 more on the roster · Utah State team page

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

2021

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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The defensive line · Utah State