Player Dossier

2022-2025

Utah State

Bronson Olevao Jr.

LB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bronson Olevao Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

74

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: McNeese

Player Story

Bronson Olevao Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Bronson Olevao Jr.'s career was his defensive...

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Bronson Olevao Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Utah State. Bronson Olevao Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
117
TFL
13.5
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Bronson Olevao Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · LB
Career Tackles
117
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Utah State
Top game
McNeese
High school pipeline
Highland · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
Junior
2025 Tackles rank
88 tackles · LB 74th (top 6%) · Mountain West 11th (top 3%) · National 99th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonUtah State00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonUtah State2620--034.5
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State92343.53-038.2
2025 PostseasonUtah State137-01-071.4
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State13817.5453071.4

Related Context

Bronson Olevao Jr. played LB for Utah State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Bronson Olevao Jr. recorded 117 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Utah State paired 22.5 primary output with 44.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 44.9 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: McNeese

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Postseason · Utah State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.7

Efficiency

44.9

Usage

13.2

Consistency

40.6

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. Washington State: 1. UTEP: 3. Texas A&M: 2. Air Force: 1. McNeese: 5. Vanderbilt: 1. Hawai'i: 0. San José State: 0. New Mexico: 1.5. Nevada: 1. UNLV: 2. Fresno State: 4. Boise State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington State: 7 by 39.2. UTEP: 5 by 50.8. Texas A&M: 4 by 36.7. Air Force: 9 by 47.5. McNeese: 9 by 87.5. Vanderbilt: 5 by 30.8. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 14 by 50. New Mexico: 5 by 35.8. Nevada: 6 by 35. UNLV: 10 by 61.7. Fresno State: 4 by 56.7. Boise State: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.3 · Games = 6 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 7 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

McNeese

Best efficiency game

87.5 vs McNeese

Result
Mon 12/22vs Washington StateL 21-3475000
Fri 11/28vs Boise StateL 24-2592001
Sun 11/23@ Fresno StateSplash gameW 28-17442110
Sun 11/16@ UNLV10+ tackles · Splash gameL 26-291020011
Sun 11/9vs NevadaW 51-1462100
Sat 10/25@ New MexicoL 14-33500.5000
Sat 10/18vs San José State10+ tacklesW 30-25145000
Sun 10/12@ Hawai'iL 26-4411000
Sat 9/27@ VanderbiltL 35-5553000
Sun 9/21vs McNeeseSplash gameW 48-7921.501.500
Sun 9/14vs Air ForceW 49-30910.500.500
Sat 9/6@ Texas A&MSplash gameL 22-4443100
Sat 8/30vs UTEPSplash gameW 28-1653111

Player Story

Bronson Olevao Jr. story

Bronson Olevao Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Bronson Olevao Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 117 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Bronson Olevao Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Utah State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUtah State0
2023 Regular SeasonUtah State222.56.82
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State10.522.36.58.5
2025 PostseasonUtah State22.544.913.212
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State22.544.913.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs McNeese

Week 4 · W 48-7

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Hawai'i

Week 12 · W 55-10 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 66 Fresno State

Week 13 · W 28-17 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Iowa

Week 1 · L 14-24

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Havoc Plays

76.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.

#5

vs UNLV

Week 7 · L 34-50 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Utah State

22.5 primary output · 44.9 efficiency · 13.2 usage

71.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · Utah State

71.4

22.5 primary · 44.9 efficiency · 13.2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Utah State

38.2

10.5 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 6.5 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

9

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games