Player Dossier

2014-2018

BYU

Adam Pulsipher

LB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Temecula, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Adam Pulsipher shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

42%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: LSU

Player Story

Adam Pulsipher built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Temecula, CA wearing No. 41, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Adam Pulsipher's career was his defensive production: 92...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.7983

Temecula Valley · Temecula, CA

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Adam Pulsipher, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · BYU. Adam Pulsipher shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
92
TFL
2.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Adam Pulsipher quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · LB
Career Tackles
92
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · BYU
Top game
LSU
Recruit profile
3-star · Temecula Valley · BYU
High school pipeline
Temecula Valley · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 41 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
22 tackles · LB 525th (top 45%) · FBS Independents 78th (top 31%) · National 1,808th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonBYU00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonBYU00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonBYU7161.50--036
2017 Regular SeasonBYU135410--029.7
2018 PostseasonBYU75-0--026.6
2018 Regular SeasonBYU717-0-1026.6

Related Context

Adam Pulsipher played LB for BYU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Adam Pulsipher recorded 92 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

BYU paired 1.5 primary output with 11.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: McNeese

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · BYU

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

14.5

Usage

2.5

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

McNeese

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Arizona: 0. Wisconsin: 0. McNeese: 1. Washington: 0. Boise State: 0. Massachusetts: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 8 by 33.3. McNeese: 3 by 22.5. Washington: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. Massachusetts: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

McNeese

Best efficiency game

33.3 vs Wisconsin

Result
Fri 12/21vs Western MichiganW 49-1854000
Sat 11/10@ MassachusettsW 35-1610000
Sun 11/4@ Boise StateL 16-2122000
Sun 9/30@ WashingtonL 7-3520000
Sat 9/22vs McNeeseW 30-331001
Sat 9/15@ WisconsinW 24-2183000
Sun 9/2@ ArizonaW 28-2310000

Player Story

Adam Pulsipher story

Adam Pulsipher built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Temecula, CA wearing No. 41, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Adam Pulsipher's career was his defensive production: 92 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with BYU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Adam Pulsipher's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 6 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across BYU.

The arc is straightforward: Adam Pulsipher moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    BYU

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonBYU0
2015 Regular SeasonBYU00
2016 Regular SeasonBYU1.511.72.71.5
2017 Regular SeasonBYU118.13.8-0.5
2018 PostseasonBYU114.52.50
2018 Regular SeasonBYU114.52.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ LSU

Week 1 · L 0-27

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Toledo

Week 5 · W 55-53

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Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Mississippi State

Week 7 · W 28-21

1

Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#4

vs McNeese

Week 4 · W 30-3

1

Havoc Plays

50 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#5

vs Portland State

Week 1 · W 20-6

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Havoc Plays

25.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 25.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · BYU

1.5 primary output · 11.7 efficiency · 2.7 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · BYU

29.7

1 primary · 18.1 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · BYU

26.6

1 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games