Isaiah Kaufusi: LB · BYU · #53.
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Isaiah Kaufusi
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Four seasons in the BYU linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 9 tackles against San Diego State — Week 15, 2020.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 4.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-3@ Navy | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 48-7vs Troy | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Louisiana Tech | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20vs UTSA | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 43-26@ Houston | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-14vs Texas State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-10vs Western Kentucky | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 51-17@ No. 21 Boise State | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-14vs North Alabama | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-22@ No. 14 Coastal Carolina | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 28-14vs San Diego State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 75 | 42 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
83tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFLSack rate
5%4 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups83 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 4 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 29-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 7.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
47.6%
371 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
70.8
11 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
83 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at BYU, 197 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
