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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Utah
Lander Barton
LB • 6'5" • 236 lbs • Cottonwood Heights, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Lander Barton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
94
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
88
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Utah
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Player Story
Lander Barton built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Cottonwood Heights, UT wearing No. 8, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Lander Barton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Utah
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Lander Barton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah. Lander Barton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 194
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 8
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Lander Barton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah · LB
- Career Tackles
- 194
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Utah
- Top game
- UCF
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Brighton · Utah
- High school pipeline
- Brighton · 18 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 51 tackles · LB 281st (top 23%) · Big 12 64th (top 9%) · National 590th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | Utah | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 59.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah | 13 | 36 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah | 7 | 34 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah | 12 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 66.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Utah | 12 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah | 12 | 47 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 42.7 |
Related Context
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Lander Barton played LB for Utah. Across 4 tracked seasons, Lander Barton recorded 44 receiving yards, 194 tackles, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Utah.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Utah paired 14 primary output with 36.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 36.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Utah
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
36.7
Usage
9.3
Consistency
50.8
Best Game by takeover score
UCF
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Utah: 0. Baylor: 1. Utah State: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 2. TCU: 1. Houston: 1. BYU: 3. Colorado: 1. Iowa State: 1. UCF: 4
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Utah: 1 by 4.2. Baylor: 6 by 35. Utah State: 5 by 20.8. Oklahoma State: 5 by 20.8. Arizona: 6 by 25. Arizona State: 9 by 57.5. TCU: 8 by 43.3. Houston: 12 by 60. BYU: 7 by 59.2. Colorado: 5 by 30.8. Iowa State: 2 by 18.3. UCF: 6 by 65
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 7 · +0.3 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
UCF
Best efficiency game
65 vs UCF
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ UCF2+ sacks · Splash game | W 28-14 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Iowa State | L 28-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Colorado | L 24-49 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs BYUSplash game | L 21-22 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Houston10+ tackles | L 14-17 | 12 | 11 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/20 | vs TCU | L 7-13 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Arizona StateSplash game | L 19-27 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | vs Arizona | L 10-23 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Oklahoma State | W 22-19 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Utah State | W 38-21 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Baylor | W 23-12 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Southern Utah | W 49-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Lander Barton story
Lander Barton built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Cottonwood Heights, UT wearing No. 8, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Lander Barton's career was his defensive production: 194 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Utah. 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 Lander Barton's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 44 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah.
The arc is straightforward: Lander Barton 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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Utah
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202220222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | Utah | 13 | 21.9 | 8.5 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah | 13 | 21.9 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah | 5.5 | 28.1 | 7.8 | -7.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah | 14 | 36.7 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Utah | 9 | 25.2 | 6.8 | -5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah | 9 | 25.2 | 6.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UCF
Week 14 · W 28-14 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Colorado
Week 13 · W 63-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 71 Baylor
Week 12 · W 55-28 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Weber State
Week 3 · W 31-7
1.5
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#5
vs BYU
Week 11 · L 21-22 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Utah
14 primary output · 36.7 efficiency · 9.3 usage
66.2
#2
2022 Postseason · Utah
59.3
13 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Utah
59.3
13 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
9
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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