Dayan Ghanwoloku: DB · BYU · #5.
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Dayan Ghanwoloku
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Four seasons in the BYU secondary to date. On tape: 8 tackles against Toledo, Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-30vs No. 14 Utah | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 29-26@ Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-27vs No. 24 USC | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 19-45vs No. 22 Washington | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-28@ Toledo | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-25vs No. 14 Boise State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-14@ Utah State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24vs Liberty | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-10vs Idaho State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-24@ Massachusetts | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-13@ San Diego State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 34-38vs Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 48 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
62tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFL62 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 27-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
50.8%
466 pass / 452 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
62 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at BYU, 194 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
