Ike Larsen is a safety at Utah State who has not played in Utah State's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Utah State lists 30 defensive backs this season.
Utah State is 3-5. Next: vs Fresno State, Sat Nov 7.
Larsen moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at Utah State. That makes three seasons with an honor, the latest All-Mountain West in 2025. On tape: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Boise State, Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah State | 56 | 33 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Utah State | 80 | 55 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2023 | Utah State | 102 | 58 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 |
| 2022 | Utah State | 34 | 20 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 |
| Career | 272 | 166 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 22 | 10 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | L 26-44@ Hawai'i | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-25vs San José State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-33@ New Mexico | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Nevada | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 26-29@ UNLV | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-17@ Fresno State | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-25vs Boise State | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
 Bowl | L 21-34vs Washington State | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 33 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
56tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%3 TFL56 tackles · 3 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
47.9%
403 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.8
13 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #81 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #3 of 17 Mountain West Ss — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
The No. 2,090 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Pac-12.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2025)
Weekly recognition
3 weekly honors (2023)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week, Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling, and Bronco Mendenhall. Multi-era developmental context.
