#93

Bracken El-Bakri

Senior defensive lineman for BYU. 2020: 2.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

DL · BYU · Sr. · #93

6′3″ · 286 lb · Cottonwood Heights, UT

BYU 2020 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for BYU. 2020: 2.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at BYU, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

BYU

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Kalani Sitake

BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 29-22 over that span.

2017BYU4-9HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2018BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2019BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2020BYU11-1HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Strength: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#136 / 2211 · 91st pct

Sacks#276 / 2211 · 86th pct

2.5

Tackles#298 / 2211 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#426 / 2211 · 79th pct

4.5

Solo tackles#798 / 2211 · 62nd pct

Passes defended#1276 / 2211 · 21st 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

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.0
Road4g	7.8	0.4	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.8	0.5	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	0.5	0.3	0.0

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 · 2020

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	BYU	49	18	4.5	2.5	--	--	--
2019	BYU	37	18	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2018	BYU	23	12	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2017	BYU	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		109	48	7.5	3.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 55-3@ Navy	4	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 5	W 45-14vs Louisiana Tech	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 27-20vs UTSA	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 43-26@ Houston	7	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 52-14vs Texas State	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 41-10vs Western Kentucky	4	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	W 51-17@ Boise State	9	3	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 14	L 17-22@ Coastal Carolina	11	3	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 15	W 28-14vs San Diego State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		44	17	4.5	2.5	—

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