Player Dossier

2023-2025

BYU

Siale Esera

LB • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Provo, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Siale Esera shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.4

Efficiency

17.6

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

11.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Siale Esera, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · BYU. Siale Esera shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

BYU paired 3 primary output with 21.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.6 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: Arizona

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · BYU

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

17.6

Usage

5.4

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 0.5. Unknown: 0. Stanford: 0. East Carolina: 0.5. Colorado: 0. West Virginia: 0. Arizona: 1.5. Utah: 0. Texas Tech: 2. TCU: 0. UCF: 0. Texas Tech: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 3 by 17.5. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Stanford: 2 by 8.3. East Carolina: 5 by 25.8. Colorado: 3 by 12.5. West Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Arizona: 16 by 65. Utah: 0 by 0. Texas Tech: 2 by 28.3. TCU: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=9 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1 · n=2 · +0.7 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=6 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · n=6 · +0.4 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

65 vs Arizona

Result
Sat 12/27vs Georgia TechW 25-21310.5000
Sat 12/6@ Texas TechL 7-3442000
Sat 11/29vs UCFW 41-2121000
Sun 11/16vs TCUW 44-1320000
Sat 11/8@ Texas TechL 7-2922110
Sun 10/19vs UtahW 24-2100000
Sun 10/12@ Arizona10+ tacklesW 33-271660.5001
Sat 10/4vs West VirginiaW 38-2431000
Sun 9/28@ ColoradoW 24-2132000
Sat 9/20@ East CarolinaW 34-13520.5000
Sun 9/7vs StanfordW 27-321000
Sun 8/31vs Unknown20000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    BYU

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBYU321.84.2
2024 PostseasonBYU210.24.1-1
2024 Regular SeasonBYU210.24.10
2025 PostseasonBYU4.517.65.42.5
2025 Regular SeasonBYU4.517.65.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Arizona

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Primary metric

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#2

Colorado

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#3

Texas Tech

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.

#4

TCU

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.8 takeover score.

#5

Texas

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · BYU

3 primary output · 21.8 efficiency · 4.2 usage

11.6

#2

2025 Postseason · BYU

11.2

4.5 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · BYU

11.2

4.5 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8901

Timpview · Provo, UT

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

68

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 21 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Siale Esera quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
68