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 21 disruption score.

Usage / Role

39%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

41

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Player Story

Siale Esera built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Provo, UT wearing No. 54, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Siale Esera's career was his defensive production: 68 tackles,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8901

Timpview · Provo, UT

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Siale Esera, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · BYU. Siale Esera shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
68
TFL
4.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Siale Esera quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · LB
Career Tackles
68
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · BYU
Top game
Arizona
Recruit profile
4-star · Timpview · BYU
High school pipeline
Timpview · 48 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 54 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
44 tackles · LB 340th (top 27%) · Big 12 83rd (top 12%) · National 802nd (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonBYU51910-1026.1
2024 PostseasonBYU4211--030.5
2024 Regular SeasonBYU43-01-030.5
2025 PostseasonBYU1230.50--051.9
2025 Regular SeasonBYU12412141051.9

Related Context

Siale Esera played LB for BYU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Siale Esera recorded 68 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

BYU paired 8.5 primary output with 21 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21 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 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · BYU

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

21

Usage

5.9

Consistency

37.4

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 0.5. Portland State: 0. Stanford: 1. East Carolina: 0.5. Colorado: 0. West Virginia: 0. Arizona: 2.5. Utah: 1. Texas Tech: 2. TCU: 0. UCF: 1. Texas Tech: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 3 by 17.5. Portland State: 2 by 8.3. Stanford: 2 by 18.3. East Carolina: 5 by 25.8. Colorado: 3 by 12.5. West Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Arizona: 16 by 75. Utah: 0 by 10. Texas Tech: 2 by 28.3. TCU: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 2 by 18.3. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 10 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +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

Arizona

Best efficiency game

75 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 TechSplash gameL 7-2922110
Sun 10/19vs UtahW 24-2100000
Sun 10/12@ Arizona10+ tackles · Splash gameW 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 Portland StateW 69-020000

Player Story

Siale Esera story

Siale Esera built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Provo, UT wearing No. 54, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Siale Esera's career was his defensive production: 68 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Siale Esera's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    BYU

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBYU321.84.1
2024 PostseasonBYU312.74.20
2024 Regular SeasonBYU312.74.20
2025 PostseasonBYU8.5215.95.5
2025 Regular SeasonBYU8.5215.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 28 Arizona

Week 7 · W 33-27 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Colorado

Week 1 · W 36-14 · Postseason · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 3 Texas Tech

Week 11 · L 7-29 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas

Week 9 · L 6-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#5

@ TCU

Week 7 · L 11-44 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · BYU

8.5 primary output · 21 efficiency · 5.9 usage

51.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · BYU

51.9

8.5 primary · 21 efficiency · 5.9 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · BYU

30.5

3 primary · 12.7 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games