Ethan Slade: S · BYU · #26.
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Ethan Slade
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the BYU secondary. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Arizona State — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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
2024 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-13vs Southern Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 18-15@ SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-28@ Baylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-35vs Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-17vs Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-28@ No. 21 Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 30-18vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 36-14vs No. 20 Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
15tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL15 tackles.
4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 34-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
45.8%
375 pass / 443 run
Plays / game
62.9
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
405 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at BYU, 93 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
