Senior linebacker for BYU. 2018: 3 tackles.
6′2″ · 236 lb · Pleasant Grove, UT
The story
4 linebacker for BYU. 2018: 3 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearNate Sampson
This is his second year in the same linebacker corps at BYU. The receipt: 1 tackles against Massachusetts — Week 11, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at BYU, 3 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Kalani Sitake, all run-leaning offenses — 16-10 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
2018 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 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 · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 30-3vs McNeese | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 35-16@ Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 49-18vs Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |