#90

Braxton Fely

Senior defensive lineman for Boise State. 2025: 5.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · Boise State · Sr. · #90

6′1″ · 296 lb · Orem, UT

CFB Index 76 · #67 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Boise State for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Sacks: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

5.5

sacks · 2025

6.5 TFL · 24 tackles · 5 hurries

Best game: 1.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 7 tackles, at South Florida

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Boise State. 2025: 5.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boise State in 2022.
5.5 sacks in 2024. Then 5.5 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Braxton Fely

DL · Boise State · Sr · #90

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Braxton Fely has been at Boise State through two head coaches in four seasons. Two straight seasons of it now: All-Mountain West again in 2025. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 2 TFL against South Florida, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Boise State10-4HC: Andy Avalos · Run-leaning

2023Boise State8-6HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-heavy

2024Boise State12-2HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-leaning

2025Boise State9-5HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

76All-Conference level #67 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (92nd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (17th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#90 / 2975 · 97th pct

5.5

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#340 / 2975 · 87th pct

6.5

Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Solo tackles#2397 / 2975 · 17th 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.0
Road7g	2.3	0.5	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	0.7	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #67 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #67 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #5 of 35 Mountain West DLs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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
2025	Boise State	24	7	6.5	5.5	--	--	--
2024	Boise State	24	14	9.0	5.5	--	--	--
2023	Boise State	15	7	4.5	3.0	--	--	--
2022	Boise State	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		66	30	20.0	14.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 51–14

vs Eastern Washington

1 TOT

Dominant 37-point win at home against Eastern Washington.

With M. Madsen — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.1 · 35 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · D. Riley — 123 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 7-34@ South Florida	7	0	2.0	1.5	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 2	W 51-14vs Eastern Washington	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 49-37@ Air Force	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 47-14vs App State	2	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 6	L 7-28@ Notre Dame	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 41-25vs New Mexico	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	W 56-31vs UNLV	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 24-3@ Nevada	2	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 10	L 7-30vs Fresno State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 7-17@ San Diego State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 25-24@ Utah State	2	0	1.0	0.5	—
Wk 15	W 38-21vs UNLV	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 10-38@ Washington	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		24	7	6.5	5.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

24Tackles

7Solo

6.5TFL

5.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

24 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.

Week 11.5 sacks
Week 52 sacks
Week 71 sack
Week 90.5 sacks
Week 140.5 sacks

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

Boise State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Boise State

Returning around him

1 Boise State player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -8 net (11 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Boise State · Last season: 9-5 (AP #25) · Talent rank #74 · 2026 recruiting class #51

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Marley Cook’s 2021 season.

Marley Cook

81%match

Middle Tennessee · 2021

Tony Bradford Jr.

Texas Tech · 2022

77%

Braxton Fely

Boise State · 2023

77%

Devonte O'Malley

Northern Illinois · 2021

76%

Dylan Howell

UL Monroe · 2025

67%

Matches Marley on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Hurry rate

Differs from Marley on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Dorlus's senior season at Oregon (2023).

Brandon Dorlus

71%match

Oregon · 2023

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 4

Zaylin Wood

Middle Tennessee · 2023

All-Conference USA

66%

Ramon Puryear

Louisville · 2023

64%

Trumane Bell

UTSA · 2023

63%

De'Jon Benton

Hawai'i · 2025

All-Mountain West

63%

Matches Brandon on

TFL rate

Weight

Sack rate

Differs from Brandon on

Height (lower)

Hurry rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Braxton Fely

Jared Dawson

Louisville · 2024

79%

Braxton Fely

Boise State · 2025

77%

Byron Murphy II

Texas · 2023

65%

Leonard Payne Jr.

Colorado · 2023

57%

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

Braxton Fely

2022

202412 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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