Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 53-20vs Portland State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 10-28@ UCLA | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Gavriel Lightfoot
Senior defensive lineman on San Diego State's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 310 lb · Moreno Valley, CA · Centennial HS
CFB Index 21 · #250 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceTransferred Colorado → San Diego State for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
1 TFL · 8 tackles · 2 hurries
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 TFL, 5 tackles, vs Portland State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on San Diego State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Fresno State in 2022.
- Transferred from Colorado to San Diego State in 2026.
Gavriel Lightfoot
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Gavriel Lightfoot has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Portland State — Week 1, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
5 programs, one constant: he played.
20226 games
- Signed with Fresno State3-star out of Corona Centennial
2025
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to San Diego State
2025Colorado
2026San Diego State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced
2023Fresno State9-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Pass-leaning
2024Fresno State6-7HC: Tim Skipper · Balanced
2026San Diego State1-1HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
Elite: qb hurries (96th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
21 · #250 of 285 interior linemen
Three-star recruit. Now #250 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San Diego State | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Fresno State | 32 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Fresno State | 20 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Fresno State | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 68 | 33 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 53–20
5 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 TFL
Dominant 33-point win at home against Portland State.
With J. Hawkins — 1 TD · 47 AVG · 100 LONG · J. Denegal — 137 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 21 rush yds (3 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Nose Anchor
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
IDL
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Kyron Mims’s 2022 season.
Matches Kyron on
Sack rate
Height
Hurry rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kyron Mims's junior season at Ball State (2022).
Matches Kyron on
Class year
Height
Hurry rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Gavriel Lightfoot
The defensive line · San Diego State
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- #90Sam Benjamin3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #91Amari Comier2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #18Kai Wallin2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #95Gavriel Lightfoot2 games · 2026
20 more on the roster · San Diego State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology