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Player Dossier
2019-2024BYU
Ben Bywater
LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ben Bywater shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Player Story
Ben Bywater built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 2, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Ben Bywater's career was his defensive production: 236...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Ben Bywater, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · BYU. Ben Bywater shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 236
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 2
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Ben Bywater BYU Highlights
2024 · BYU · Player Highlight
Ben Bywater college highlights at BYU.
- Season
- 2024
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Ben Bywater quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 236
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · BYU
- Top game
- Utah State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McAdory
- High school pipeline
- McAdory · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | BYU | 2 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | BYU | 2 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | BYU | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | BYU | 12 | 93 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 59.7 |
| 2022 Postseason | BYU | 13 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 66.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | BYU | 13 | 87 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 66.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | BYU | 5 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
| 2024 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Ben Bywater played LB for BYU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ben Bywater recorded 236 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with BYU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
BYU paired 8 primary output with 42.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 43.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · BYU
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
43.1
Usage
10.7
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Utah State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UAB: 2. Arizona: 0. Utah: 0. Arizona State: 0. South Florida: 0. Utah State: 4. Boise State: 2. Baylor: 0. Washington State: 0. Virginia: 0. Georgia Southern: 2. USC: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UAB: 9 by 57.5. Arizona: 10 by 41.7. Utah: 4 by 16.7. Arizona State: 4 by 16.7. South Florida: 8 by 33.3. Utah State: 9 by 77.5. Boise State: 14 by 70. Baylor: 9 by 37.5. Washington State: 5 by 20.8. Virginia: 9 by 37.5. Georgia Southern: 8 by 53.3. USC: 13 by 55
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 9 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah State
Best efficiency game
77.5 vs Utah State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/18 | vs UABSplash game | L 28-31 | 9 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/28 | @ USC10+ tackles | W 35-31 | 13 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Georgia SouthernSplash game | W 34-17 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/31 | vs Virginia | W 66-49 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Washington State | W 21-19 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Baylor | L 24-38 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Boise State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 17-26 | 14 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Utah StateSplash game | W 34-20 | 9 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | vs South Florida | W 35-27 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/19 | vs Arizona State | W 27-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/12 | vs Utah | W 26-17 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/5 | @ Arizona10+ tackles | W 24-16 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ben Bywater story
Ben Bywater built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 2, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Ben Bywater's career was his defensive production: 236 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 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 Ben Bywater's production has multiple signals. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across BYU.
The arc is straightforward: Ben Bywater 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
2019-2024
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 16.7 | 3 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 14.6 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | BYU | 10.5 | 43.1 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | BYU | 10.5 | 43.1 | 10.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | BYU | 11 | 36.3 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | BYU | 11 | 36.3 | 9.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | BYU | 8 | 42.7 | 15.2 | -3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | -8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah State
Week 5 · W 34-20
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
92.5 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Kansas
Week 4 · L 27-38 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
92.2 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Baylor
Week 2 · W 26-20
2.5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Boise State
Week 6 · L 17-26
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Sam Houston
Week 1 · W 14-0
2
Havoc Plays
71.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · BYU
8 primary output · 42.7 efficiency · 15.2 usage
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#2
2022 Postseason · BYU
66.8
11 primary · 36.3 efficiency · 9.2 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · BYU
66.8
11 primary · 36.3 efficiency · 9.2 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
8
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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