Ethan Day
Utah Utes
91
Elite

Ethan Day

Utah UtesElite
RDEDefenseEliteTRANSFER · North Texas
Projected Starter

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Ethan Day is the projected starter at RDE for Utah Utes.

Redshirt senior · #8 · 6'4", 250 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Utah Utes

  1. 1891Ethan DayStarter
  2. 24078Paul Fitzgerald
  3. 31667PJ Takitaki

Utah Starting Lineup

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Up next for Utah

Utah plays BYU at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

This season: 54 tackles, 7 TFL, 4.5 sacks. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot and 94th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Team Share9%Percentile94th
Ripon, CA
Jersey
#8
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
250 lbs
Transfer
North Texas

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—5474.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 91-rated defense; 94th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.78 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
91
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 94% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 32% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.78)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WCINTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-25

Oct 25WHOUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-13

Oct 18WCOLOTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Oct 11WKUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-24

Sep 26WISUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 31-17

Sep 19WUSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 33-0

Sep 4WIDHOTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 66-14

Ethan Day's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Edge Threat
54 tkl · 7 TFL · 4.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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