Logan Lutui

Senior defensive end on BYU's 2026 roster.

DE · BYU · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 260 lb · West Valley City, UT

CFB Index 63 · #131 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to BYU for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ETat Colorado StateCanvas StadiumBYU by 17.5

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

Passes defended: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

5 TFL · 50 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 4 tackles, at Iowa State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end on BYU's 2025 roster.

His career, year by year

Logan Lutui

DE · BYU · Sr · #7

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. This is his fourth year in the same defensive front at BYU. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against East Carolina, Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 36-16 over that span.

2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2025BYU12-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #131 of 420?

Medium confidenceBreakout7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Strength: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#553 / 2975 · 80th pct

5.0

Tackles#600 / 2975 · 79th pct

Solo tackles#696 / 2975 · 76th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.4	0.5	0.0	0.1
Road6g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	0.6	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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 · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #131 of 420 edge rushers

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #4 of 22 Big 12 DEs

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

Season	Team
2025	BYU	50	26	5.0	0.0	5	1	--
2024	BYU	13	7	3.5	1.0	2	--	--
2023	BYU	8	2	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	BYU	4	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		75	36	9.0	1.0	7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–21

vs Utah

5 TOT · 2 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

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 69-0vs Portland State	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 27-3vs Stanford	6	2	1.5	—	0
Wk 4	W 34-13@ East Carolina	7	1	0.5	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 5	W 24-21@ Colorado	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 38-24vs West Virginia	6	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 33-27@ Arizona	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Utah	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 41-27@ Iowa State	4	3	0.0	1	1
Wk 11	L 7-29@ Texas Tech	5	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 44-13vs TCU	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 41-21vs UCF	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	L 7-34@ Texas Tech	5	5	0.0	—	2
Bowl	W 25-21vs Georgia Tech	2	1	1.0	—	0
Total		50	26	5.0	1	5

How he plays

Play style

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

50Tackles

26Solo

5TFL

0Sacks

5Pass def.

1INT

50 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 5 TFL.

Week 41 PD
Week 61 PD
Week 91 PD · 1 INT
Week 152 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

BYU

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · 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

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Louce Julien’s 2023 season.

Louce Julien

88%match

Massachusetts · 2023

Anthony Nelson

Duke · 2022

NFL Rd 4

83%

Zach Edwards

Troy · 2023

80%

Zayin West

Kent State · 2021

80%

Matches Louce on

Weight

TFL rate

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jesiah Pierre's graduate season at UCF (2024).

Jesiah Pierre

91%match

UCF · 2024

Nikhai Hill-Green

Alabama · 2025

All-Big 12

85%

Wesley Steiner

Washington State · 2024

84%

O.C. Brothers

UAB · 2024

83%

Dakota Cochran

Central Michigan · 2025

All-MAC

83%

Matches Jesiah on

Class year

Height

Sack rate

Player DNA

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The defensive line · BYU

#48Bodie SchoonoverDE · Sr.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#7Logan LutuiDE · Sr.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#57Keanu TanuvasaDT · Sr.4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#13Tausili AkanaDE · Jr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#55John TaumoepeauDT · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025

22 more on the roster · BYU team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology