Siale Esera
BYU Cougars
79
Solid

Siale Esera

BYU CougarsContender
ROVERDefenseSolid
3rd String

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Siale Esera is listed 3rd string at ROVER for BYU Cougars.

Redshirt junior · #54 · 6'3", 250 lbs

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Depth at ROVER · BYU Cougars

  1. 11691Isaiah GlaskerStarter
  2. 23179Jake Clifton
  3. 35479Siale EseraYou

BYU Starting Lineup

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Up next for BYU

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

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Timpview, ranked #451 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 44 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit4★ · #451 Natl3-Yr Total68 tackles · 2 sacksTeam Share5%
Provo, UT
Jersey
#54
Class
RS JR
Height
6'3"
Weight
250 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025442.51
2024511
20231910

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8901
National Rank
#451
High School
Timpview
Hometown
Provo, UT

Why this rating?

On a 91-rated defense; 79th-percentile production (×0.97 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
91
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 79% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role; −12 depth penalty

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 24LUCFTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-31 2OT

Oct 17WNDTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-24

Sep 6WUTUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 63-7

Siale Esera's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Solid
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Team Role

44 tkl · 2.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement42%
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