#31

Wesley Bissainthe

Senior linebacker for Miami. 2025: 71 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Miami · Sr. · #31

6′1″ · 205 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 55 · #244 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Miami for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Solo tackles: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

3 TFL · 1 sacks

Best game: 6 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, vs Ohio State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Miami. 2025: 71 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Miami in 2022.

His career, year by year

Wesley Bissainthe

LB · Miami · Sr · #31

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He has spent four seasons in the Miami linebacker corps. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-ACC. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Florida State — Week 6, 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 Mario Cristobal, all balanced offenses — 35-19 over that span.

2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Quality starter #244 of 583?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: tackles (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#237 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles#253 / 2975 · 91st pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st 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 · 16 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road8g	5.9	0.2	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-79g	5.2	0.3	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #244 of 583 LBs

Former four-star. Now #244 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-ACC

Based on 2025: #23 of 74 ACC LBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Miami	71	39	3.0	1.0	--	1	--
2024	Miami	59	36	5.0	2.0	1	1	--
2023	Miami	41	23	6.5	2.0	--	--	--
2022	Miami	30	21	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		201	119	14.5	5.0	1	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 24–14

at Ohio State

6 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With D. Joyce — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · C. Beck — 138 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 23 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 16 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 27-24vs Notre Dame	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 49-12vs South Florida	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 26-7vs Florida	8	3	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	W 28-22@ Florida State	8	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 21-24vs Louisville	6	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 42-7vs Stanford	2	0	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 10	L 20-26@ SMU	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 38-10vs Syracuse	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 41-7vs NC State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 34-17@ Virginia Tech	6	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 38-7@ Pittsburgh	6	4	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 10-3@ Texas A&M	7	4	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 24-14@ Ohio State	6	3	1.0	1.0	—
Bowl	W 31-27@ Ole Miss	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 21-27@ Indiana	8	5	0.5	0.0	—
Total		71	39	3.0	1.0	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

16 games

71Tackles

39Solo

3TFL

1Sacks

0Pass def.

1INT

71 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 91 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

Miami

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Miami

Returning around him

9 Miami players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -8 net (12 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Miami · Last season: 13-3 (AP #10) · Talent rank #12 · 2026 recruiting class #9

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jordan Pollard’s 2023 season.

Jordan Pollard

75%match

San José State · 2023

Wesley Bissainthe

Miami · 2024

70%

Isaiah Tufaga

Hawai'i · 2023

70%

Kavian Gaither

Sam Houston · 2023

69%

Leo Lowin

Army · 2023

68%

Matches Jordan on

Tackle volume

Sack rate

Weight

Differs from Jordan on

Solo tackle rate (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jake Jarmolowich's senior season at Colorado State (2025).

Jake Jarmolowich

86%match

Colorado State · 2025

Cecil Singleton

Louisiana Tech · 2023

83%

Michael Taaffe

Texas · 2025

All-SECNFL Rd 5

83%

Tre Pinkney

Southern Miss · 2024

82%

Jalen Garner

Houston · 2025

82%

Matches Jake on

Solo tackle rate

Weight

PD rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Wesley Bissainthe

Ej Williams

Eastern Michigan · 2023

79%

Kenneth McShan

Navy · 2024

77%

Noah McNeal-Franklin

San José State · 2025

76%

Oscar Moore

UTEP · 2023

76%

Avi McGary

Bowling Green · 2024

71%

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

Wesley Bissainthe

202211 games

202516 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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