Former defensive back at Colorado State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′10″ · 175 lb · Houston, TX
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.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1347 nationally · Signed with Hightower
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at Colorado State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Isaiah Essissima
Erases the deep middle of the field. Isaiah Essissima has played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. His first career honor landed in 2022: Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 3 tackles against San José State — Week 7, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Colorado State, 71 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio, and Jay Norvell. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: tackles (14th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #86 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Colorado State | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Nevada | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Nevada | 35 | 32 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Nevada | 12 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 71 | 60 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 17 | 3 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 38–17
1 PD
Dominant 21-point win at home against Northern Colorado.
With T. Horton — 22 rush yds (1 car) · B. Fowler-Nicolosi — 180 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.6 · -2 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-52@ Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 38-17vs Northern Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 9-28vs Colorado | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-17vs UTEP | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-24vs San José State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 17-43vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to LJ Early’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Max Ahoia's junior season at Rice (2024).
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Player DNA