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Braden Siders

Senior linebacker for West Virginia. 2025: 24 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.

LB · West Virginia · Sr. · #10

6′2″ · 238 lb · Thornton, CO

CFB Index 27 · #485 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to West Virginia for 2026

The numbers

tackles · 2025

1 TFL · 1 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 3 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, vs Texas Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for West Virginia. 2025: 24 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Wyoming in 2020.
Transferred from Wyoming to West Virginia in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Sacks: 63rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Braden Siders

LB · West Virginia · Sr · #10

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Braden Siders has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Ohio — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Wyoming7-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023Wyoming9-4HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Wyoming3-9HC: Jay Sawvel · Run-leaning

2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #485 of 583?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (28th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.2
Road5g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

27 · #485 of 583 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #485 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #62 of 73 Big 12 LBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	West Virginia	24	11	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2024	Wyoming	20	10	3.5	2.0	--	--	--
2023	Wyoming	24	15	4.5	3.5	2	--	--
2022	Wyoming	40	31	12.5	7.0	1	--	--
Career		108	67	21.5	13.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 31–24

vs Pittsburgh

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With O. Straw — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · N. Marchiol — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.4 · -4 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Robert Morris	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 10-17@ Ohio	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	W 31-24vs Pittsburgh	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 10-41@ Kansas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-48vs Utah	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 13-45@ UCF	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-23vs TCU	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-35@ Houston	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 29-22vs Colorado	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 23-25@ Arizona State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 0-49vs Texas Tech	3	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		24	11	1.0	1.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

24Tackles

11Solo

1TFL

1Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

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

Week 11 PD
Week 141 sack

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

West Virginia

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · West Virginia

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -17 net (34 in / 51 out)

2026 Award watch

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

West Virginia · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #49 · 2026 recruiting class #25

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ale Kaho’s 2024 season.

Ale Kaho

79%match

UCLA · 2024

Daniel Knudsen

UL Monroe · 2024

78%

D.J. Herman

San Diego State · 2024

75%

Kyle Beaudry

UNLV · 2021

75%

DJ Taylor

Wake Forest · 2021

74%

Matches Ale on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Class year

Differs from Ale on

Weight (higher)

Hurry rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Darryl Peterson's senior season at Wisconsin (2024).

Darryl Peterson

83%match

Wisconsin · 2024

Ryan Selig

Minnesota · 2023

81%

Caleb Kibodi

Louisiana · 2025

81%

Andrew Mata'afa

South Florida · 2023

80%

Cody Moon

San Diego State · 2024

All-Mountain West

80%

Matches Darryl on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Braden Siders

Dalton Hughes

South Alabama · 2024

70%

Tyler Guidry

Louisiana · 2023

68%

Jack Kelly

BYU · 2025

66%

Chase Kennedy

Arizona · 2024

65%

Fernando Sanchez III

Central Michigan · 2024

63%

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

2020

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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