Bryce Steele
Bryce Steele
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Bryce Steele has been at Boston College through two head coaches in five seasons. One game to point at: 7 tackles against California — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR03 · Backup
Spot duty on defense. Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boston College | 16 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Boston College | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 51 | 24 | 5.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Boston College | 27 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 103 | 52 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Boston College
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Boston College
Returning around him
- 4 Boston College players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -4 net (26 in / 30 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Boston College · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #53
DNA match
Player DNA
Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Daveon Crouch’s 2023 season.
Matches Daveon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Trey Jones III's graduate season at Texas A&M (2024).
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