Senior defensive back on Florida International's 2025 roster.
5′11″ · 210 lb · Delray Beach, FL
The story
4 defensive back on Florida International's 2025 roster.
Bobby Salla
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Stan Drayton, Mike MacIntyre and Willie Simmons. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 1.5 TFL against UTSA — Bowl, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike MacIntyre → Willie Simmons. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (6th 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
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida International | 11 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida International | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida International | 20 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 44 | 20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 42–9
1 SOLO · 2 TOT
Dominant 33-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.
With K. Jenkins — 187 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 48.8 · 3 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · T. Wilhoit — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-9vs Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 10-51@ UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-6@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 56-30@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-16@ Sam Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 20-57@ UTSA | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Florida International
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Florida International
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Florida International · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #90 · 2026 recruiting class #102
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Plae Wyatt’s 2021 season.
Matches Plae on
Differs from Plae on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Travian Blaylock's sophomore season at Wisconsin (2021).
Matches Travian on
Player DNA