Samuel Byers: DL · Air Force · #93.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Samuel Byers
Wins the gap play after play. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Army — Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
Colorado Springs Gazette Oct 26Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Air Force | 33 | 18 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| Career | 33 | 18 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 48-14vs Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-20@ Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-14vs Navy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 40-45vs New Mexico | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 27-34vs Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-21@ Fresno State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-12@ Army | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-46vs Colorado State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-38@ San José State | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-20vs No. 20 Boise State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 18 | 4.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Week 12 · 2016
W 41-38
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out San José State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%4 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry33 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
15.7%
150 pass / 806 run
Plays / game
73.5
13 games
Team sack rate
9.9%
162 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Air Force, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Troy Calhoun.
