Eddie Heckard

Senior cornerback for BYU. 2023: 5 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

CB · BYU · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 190 lb · Las Vegas, NV

CFB Index 92 · #7 of 339 cornersLow confidenceBYU 2023 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback for BYU. 2023: 5 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Weber State in 2017.
Transferred from Weber State to BYU in 2023.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 4265 nationally · Signed with Weber State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

One season at BYU, 47 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Weber State2-star out of Desert Pines

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#4265 national

CFB

College

BYU

2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

92All-America level #7 of 339?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (93rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Interceptions#6 / 827 · 99th pct

Passes defended#158 / 2842 · 93rd pct

Tackles#665 / 2842 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#662 / 2842 · 76th pct

Tackles for loss#635 / 2842 · 76th pct

4.5

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.6
Road6g	4.7	0.4	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.5	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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 · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

92 · #7 of 339 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	BYU	47	27	4.5	1.0	6	5	--
Career		47	27	4.5	1.0	6	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 41–16

vs Southern Utah

2 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 25-point win at home against Southern Utah.

With K. Slovis — 348 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.7 · 6 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · R. Rehkow — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 64 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 14-0vs Sam Houston	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 2	W 41-16vs Southern Utah	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-31@ Arkansas	5	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 27-38@ Kansas	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 35-27vs Cincinnati	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 11-44@ TCU	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 8	W 27-14vs Texas Tech	4	2	0.5	0.0	1	1
Wk 9	L 6-35@ Texas	4	3	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 7-37@ West Virginia	10	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 12	L 24-31vs Oklahoma	5	2	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 34-40@ Oklahoma State	5	4	0.0	0.0	2	1
Total		47	27	4.5	1.0	5	6

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology