Isaiah Buxton
San José State Spartans
85
Great

Isaiah Buxton

San José State SpartansRebuilding
LCBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · San Diego State
Projected Starter

Is Isaiah Buxton starting?

Isaiah Buxton is the projected starter at LCB for San José State Spartans.

Redshirt sophomore · #0 · 6'0", 170 lbs

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Depth at LCB · San José State Spartans

  1. 1085Isaiah BuxtonStarter
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San José State Starting Lineup

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Up next for San José State

San José State plays Northern Illinois at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Mater Dei Catholic, ranked #784 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 11 tackles, 0 INT, 2 PBU. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #784 NatlTeam Share3%
San Diego, CA
Jersey
#0
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
170 lbs
Transfer
San Diego State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—1102

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8744
National Rank
#784
High School
Mater Dei Catholic
Hometown
Chula Vista, CA

Why this rating?

On a 78-rated defense; 59th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.89 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
78
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 59% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 23% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.89)
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 24LNEVTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-13

Oct 18WUTEPTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-11

Oct 10LWYOTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 16-13 OT

Aug 29LUSCTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-26

Isaiah Buxton's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

11 tkl · 2 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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