Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-29vs Idaho State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#12
Bobby Arnold III
Junior safety on Utah State's 2026 roster.
5′9″ · 180 lb · Newark, DE
CFB Index 18 · #510 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Utah State for 2026
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
3 safety on Utah State's 2026 roster.
- Signed with New Mexico in 2024.
- Transferred from New Mexico to Utah State in 2025.
Bobby Arnold III
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He got to Utah State by way of New Mexico. The receipt: 1 tackles against Idaho State — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
His career
20244 games
- Signed with New Mexicoout of Dodge City C.C.
20258 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
Nate Dreiling
Utah State
Coaching transition mid-career: Nate Dreiling → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024New Mexico5-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning
2025Utah State6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced
2026Utah State0-2HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
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
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
18 · #510 of 544 safeties
Unranked recruit. Now #510 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #17 of 17 Mountain West Ss — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Utah State | 20 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | New Mexico | 21 | 8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 42 | 19 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Utah State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · 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
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Brylan Green’s 2022 season.
Matches Brylan on
Height
Tackle volume
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Colby McCalister's sophomore season at Kansas State (2024).
Matches Colby on
PD rate
Tackle volume
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Bobby Arnold III
The secondary · Utah State
- #4Brevin Hamblin110 tackles · 2025
- Ike Larsen56 tackles · 2025
- #15D'Angelo Mayes40 tackles · 2025
- #34Dylan Tucker34 tackles · 2025
- #12Bobby Arnold III20 tackles · 2025
24 more on the roster · Utah State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology