Senior safety on BYU's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 205 lb · Auburn, WA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1780 nationally · Signed with BYU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on BYU's 2025 roster.
Talan Alfrey
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the BYU secondary, same address the whole way. 2024 brought the first one: Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Portland State, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 36-16 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (6th 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 · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 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 · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 24–21
vs Utah
1 REC
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 · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-0vs Portland State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 38-24vs West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Utah | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-27@ Iowa State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-13vs TCU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-21vs UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 25-21vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
BYU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · 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
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Josh Minkins’s 2023 season.
Matches Josh on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Josh Minkins's sophomore season at Louisville (2021).
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Player DNA
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