Junior linebacker for BYU. 2022: 10 tackles.
6′2″ · 226 lb · Cottonwood Heights, UT
The story
3 linebacker for BYU. 2022: 10 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJackson Kaufusi
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He has spent five seasons in the BYU linebacker corps. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Liberty, Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at BYU, 59 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 43-21 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (2nd 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
2022 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022
W 52–26
vs Utah Tech
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-21@ South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-52vs Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-41@ Liberty | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 52-26vs Utah Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Charles Willekes’s 2021 season.
Matches Charles on
Differs from Charles on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Joey Gerlach's senior season at Minnesota (2024).
Matches Joey on
Player DNA