Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-7vs Utah Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#94
Anisi Purcell
Senior defensive tackle on BYU's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 305 lb · West Bountiful, UT
Returning to BYU for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
1 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, vs Utah Tech
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle on BYU's 2026 roster.
- Signed with Southern Utah in 2022.
- Transferred from Southern Utah to BYU in 2025.
Anisi Purcell
Wins his gap play after play. Southern Utah to BYU — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 1 tackles against Utah Tech — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Southern Utahout of Bountiful
20257 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
BYU
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 14-2 over that span.
2025BYU12-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2026BYU2-0HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
BYU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · BYU
Returning around him
- 2 BYU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -5 net (9 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
BYU · Last season: 12-2 (AP #12) · Talent rank #59 · 2026 recruiting class #21
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Darrell Prater’s 2025 season.
90%match
Matches Darrell on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Sonny Hazard's sophomore season at Louisiana (2022).
Matches Sonny on
Weight
Sack rate
TFL rate
Differs from Sonny on
Height (higher)
Hurry rate (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Anisi Purcell
The defensive line · BYU
- #48Bodie Schoonover5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #7Logan Lutui5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #57Keanu Tanuvasa4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #13Tausili Akana3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #94Anisi Purcell2 tackles for loss · 2025
22 more on the roster · BYU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology