Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 28-17vs Arizona | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Isaiah Glasker
Senior linebacker for BYU. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′5″ · 240 lb · South Jordan, UT
CFB Index 83 · #44 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to BYU 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
8
tackles · 2026
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 8 tackles, vs Arizona
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for BYU. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to BYU in 2021.
- Freshman WR moves up depth chart (Aug 12) Reported
Buzz vs Tape
Every angle we can check here reads about where you'd expect this season.
43.4own fans
45national conversation
Isaiah Glasker
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fourth year in the BYU linebacker corps, same address the whole way. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Big 12. The receipt: 8 tackles against Arizona — Week 2, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2021
- Signed with BYU3-star out of Bingham
202514 games
- All-Big 12third
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
BYU
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-BIG 12
All-Big 12 mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 30-11 over that span.
2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced
2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2025BYU12-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2026BYU2-0HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidence
Elite: qb hurries (83rd 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 1 game: 8.0 TKL/g, 0.0 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
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #9 of 73 Big 12 LBs
How the All-Big 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.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 28–17
vs Arizona
8 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 QB HUR
With B. Bachmeier — 217 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.7 · 37 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · F. Shurtz — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
BYU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · BYU
Returning around him
- 2 BYU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -5 net (9 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
BYU · Last season: 12-2 (AP #12) · Talent rank #59 · 2026 recruiting class #21
DNA match
Player DNA
Thumper
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Caleb Bacon’s 2023 season.
77%match
Matches Caleb on
Hurry rate
TFL rate
Class year
Differs from Caleb on
PD rate (lower)
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Garrett Nelson's junior season at Nebraska (2022).
78%match
All-Big Ten
Matches Garrett on
Tackle volume
PD rate
Height
Differs from Garrett on
Hurry rate (higher)
Sack rate (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Isaiah Glasker
The linebacker corps · BYU
- #4Cade Uluave97 tackles · 2025
- #16Isaiah Glasker63 tackles · 2025
- #54Siale Esera44 tackles · 2025
- #21Miles Hall18 tackles · 2025
- #18Ace Kaufusi16 tackles · 2025
11 more on the roster · BYU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology