#99

Bryce Santana

Former defensive lineman at New Mexico. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DL · New Mexico · Sr. · #99

6′2″ · 301 lb · Los Lunas, NM

CFB Index 10 · #276 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceNew Mexico 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive lineman at New Mexico. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico in 2020.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 3115 nationally · Signed with New Mexico

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at New Mexico, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with New Mexico2-star out of Los Lunas

20249 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3115 national

CFB

College

New Mexico

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Danny Gonzales

New Mexico

2024

Bronco Mendenhall

New Mexico

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Danny Gonzales → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020New Mexico2-5HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-leaning

2021New Mexico3-9HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022New Mexico2-10HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023New Mexico4-8HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-leaning

2024New Mexico5-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

10Below cohort / limited sample #276 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Tackles#1494 / 2892 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1627 / 2892 · 42nd pct

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.6	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

10 · #276 of 285 interior linemen

Two-star recruit. Now #276 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	New Mexico	28	13	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	New Mexico	12	5	0.5	0.5	--	--	1
2022	New Mexico	24	8	3.0	3.0	1	--	--
2021	New Mexico	4	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	New Mexico	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		70	26	5.0	3.5	1	--	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 31-35vs Montana State	4	2	0.0	—
Wk 1	L 39-61@ Arizona	3	0	0.5	—
Wk 3	L 19-45@ Auburn	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 21-38vs Fresno State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 50-40@ New Mexico State	2	0	0.5	—
Wk 7	W 52-37vs Air Force	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 50-45@ Utah State	9	7	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 9	L 6-17@ Colorado State	2	0	0.5	—
Wk 10	L 45-49vs Wyoming	2	2	0.0	—
Total		28	13	1.5	—

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

Bryce Santana

2020

20249 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Game log

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