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Gabriel Iniguez Jr.

Senior defensive tackle for Utah State. 2025: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

DT · Utah State · Sr. · #10

6′1″ · 290 lb · Pixley, CA

CFB Index 61 · #115 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Utah State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETat UtahRice-Eccles StadiumUtah by 28

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sack · 2025

1.5 TFL · 37 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, at Hawai'i

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Utah State. 2025: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Hawai'i in 2019.
Transferred from New Mexico State to Utah State in 2024.

His career, year by year

Gabriel Iniguez Jr.

DT · Utah State · Sr · #10

Wins his gap play after play. Gabriel Iniguez Jr. has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 6 tackles against Air Force — Week 3, 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

2023New Mexico State10-5HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Utah State4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced

2025Utah State6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

61Quality starter #115 of 330?

Low confidenceBounce-Back6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (8th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles#1007 / 2975 · 65th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Solo tackles#2694 / 2975 · 8th 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
Home7g	3.6	0.1	0.1	0.0
Road6g	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.1	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #115 of 330 interior linemen

Two-star recruit. Now #115 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #6 of 13 Mountain West DTs — 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	Utah State	37	5	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2024	Utah State	29	4	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
2023	New Mexico State	24	10	5.0	2.0	1	--	--
Career		90	19	8.0	3.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 48–7

vs McNeese

4 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 41-point win at home against McNeese.

With B. Barnes — 293 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.7 · 128 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · M. Davis — 118 rush yds (13 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	W 28-16vs UTEP	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 22-44@ Texas A&M	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 49-30vs Air Force	6	0	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	W 48-7vs McNeese	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 35-55@ Vanderbilt	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 26-44@ Hawai'i	2	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 8	W 30-25vs San José State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 14-33@ New Mexico	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 51-14vs Nevada	4	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 12	L 26-29@ UNLV	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 28-17@ Fresno State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 24-25vs Boise State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 21-34vs Washington State	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Total		37	5	1.5	1.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

37Tackles

5Solo

1.5TFL

1Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

37 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 70.5 sacks
Week 110.5 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

Utah State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Utah State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #123 · 2026 recruiting class #97

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalen Satchell’s 2025 season.

Jalen Satchell

89%match

Michigan State · 2025

Gabriel Iniguez Jr.

Utah State · 2024

All-Mountain West

89%

Jeremy Darvin

Western Kentucky · 2021

All-Conference USA

87%

Noah Shannon

Iowa · 2021

86%

Jordan Branch

Middle Tennessee · 2020

85%

Matches Jalen on

Class year

TFL rate

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Melvin Swindle's junior season at Eastern Michigan (2023).

Melvin Swindle

84%match

Eastern Michigan · 2023

Dion Bergan

Wake Forest · 2022

82%

Isaiah Lee

Iowa State · 2022

81%

Sterling Webb

Missouri · 2024

All-Conference USA

81%

Jacob Tuioti

Army · 2025

80%

Matches Melvin on

TFL rate

Weight

Hurry rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Gabriel Iniguez Jr.

James Mitchell

Colorado State · 2023

93%

Denzel Lowry

Old Dominion · 2024

92%

Sterling Webb

Missouri · 2024

90%

Jalen Satchell

Michigan State · 2025

89%

Dillan Botts

Rice · 2025

89%

The defensive line · Utah State

#9Tyree MorrisDT · Jr.5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#28Carson TujagueDT · Fr.4 tackles for loss · 2025
#51Ta'Avili TuitamaDT · Sr.4 tackles for loss · 2025
#10Gabriel Iniguez Jr.DT · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#44Bo MaileDT · Sr.1 tackle for loss · 2025

11 more on the roster · Utah State team page

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

Gabriel Iniguez Jr.

2019

202314 games

202410 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

Players who play like Gabriel Iniguez Jr.

The defensive line · Utah State