#28

Tanner Wall

Senior safety for BYU. 2025: 4 interceptions, 64 tackles.

S · BYU · Sr. · #28

6′1″ · 205 lb · Arlington, VA

CFB Index 73 · #83 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to BYU for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Interceptions: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

64 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 10 tackles, vs Utah

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for BYU. 2025: 4 interceptions, 64 tackles.

The full story, with sources

Tanner Wall

S · BYU · Sr · #28

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent four seasons in the BYU secondary. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big 12. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Texas Tech, Week 15, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
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

73Quality starter #83 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (95th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#23 / 817 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#188 / 2975 · 93rd pct

Tackles#340 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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
Home6g	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road7g	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	5.7	0.1	0.0	0.0

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

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #83 of 544 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #83 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #8 of 40 Big 12 Ss

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	64	41	1.0	--	4	--
2024	BYU	53	31	0.0	1	3	--
2023	BYU	22	8	0.0	--	--	--
2022	BYU	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		140	81	1.0	1	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–21

vs Utah

10 TOT · 7 SOLO · 1 TFL

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	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 27-3vs Stanford	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 34-13@ East Carolina	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-21@ Colorado	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 38-24vs West Virginia	4	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	W 33-27@ Arizona	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Utah	10	7	1.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 9	W 41-27@ Iowa State	9	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 7-29@ Texas Tech	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 44-13vs TCU	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 26-14@ Cincinnati	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 14	W 41-21vs UCF	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	L 7-34@ Texas Tech	9	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 25-21vs Georgia Tech	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		64	41	1.0	0.0	4	0

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

64Tackles

41Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

0Pass def.

4INT

64 tackles. 0 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 61 INT
Week 81 INT
Week 121 INT
Week 131 INT

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

Safety · 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

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Eugene Ford’s 2021 season.

Eugene Ford

79%match

Hawai'i · 2021

M.J. Griffin

Louisville · 2024

78%

Shyheim Brown

Florida State · 2024

77%

Jalen Huskey

Maryland · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 36

76%

Chamarri Conner

Virginia Tech · 2022

NFL Rd 4

76%

Matches Eugene on

Weight

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Differs from Eugene on

Class year (higher)

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Langston Patterson's senior season at Vanderbilt (2025).

Langston Patterson

84%match

Vanderbilt · 2025

James Miller

South Alabama · 2023

82%

M.J. Griffin

Louisville · 2024

82%

Omar Speights

LSU · 2023

81%

Yvandy Rigby

Temple · 2023

81%

Matches Langston on

Class year

Height

TFL rate

Differs from Langston on

Weight (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Tanner Wall

Ronnie Hamrick II

Texas State · 2023

92%

William Nimmo Jr.

San Diego State · 2024

91%

Dre Pinckney

Coastal Carolina · 2023

85%

Jason Marshall

Eastern Michigan · 2025

83%

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

Tanner Wall

Fans hotter than the country

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

Players who play like Tanner Wall