Tanner Vallejo: LB · Boise State · #20.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tanner Vallejo
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three seasons in the Boise State linebacker corps to date. On tape: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Washington State, Week 2, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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.
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Boise State | 69 | 39 | 6.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2015 | Boise State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Boise State | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 69 | 39 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
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 · 9 games
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-10@ Louisiana | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-28vs Washington State | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 38-24@ Oregon State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-21@ New Mexico | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-23vs Colorado State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-27vs BYU | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-30@ Wyoming | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-31vs San José State | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 52-16@ Hawai'i | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 39 | 6.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2016
W 31-28
1 tackle for loss · 14 tackles · 10 solo tackles
Edged out Washington State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%6 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups69 tackles · 6 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Bryan Harsin — 31-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 9.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 8.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryan Harsin
Pass share
45.4%
405 pass / 488 run
Plays / game
68.7
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
423 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
More tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Boise State, 69 tackles — drafted at #195 overall by the Buffalo Bills.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chris Petersen → Bryan Harsin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Buffalo BillsEntering 10th NFL season
Buffalo BillsEntering 10th NFL season
