Sophomore cornerback on BYU's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 180 lb · Euless, TX
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 1391 nationally · Signed with BYU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 cornerback on BYU's 2025 roster.
Jonathan Kabeya
This is his second year in the same secondary at BYU. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Texas Tech, Week 15, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Kalani Sitake, all run-leaning offenses — 23-4 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
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 · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 24–21
vs Utah
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With B. Bachmeier — 166 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.4 · 64 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · S. Vander Haar — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-29@ Texas Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-13vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 7-34@ Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Bowl | W 25-21vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
2026 Outlook
BYU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · BYU
Returning around him
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
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