#44

Ephraim Asiata

Sophomore defensive end on BYU's 2026 roster.

DE · BYU · So. · #44

6′3″ · 210 lb · West Valley, UT

How he plays

Sacks: 24th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 2 tackles, vs Stanford

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Sophomore defensive end on BYU's 2026 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to BYU in 2024.

The full story, with sources

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Ephraim Asiata

DE · BYU · So · #44

Second year in the BYU defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt: 2 tackles against Stanford — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

seasons on the roster
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	BYU	2	--	--	--	--
2024	BYU	2	2	--	--	--
Career		4	2	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 27-3vs Stanford	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 2 tackles

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Kalani Sitake, all run-leaning offenses — 23-4 over that span.

2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2025BYU12-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#2975 / 2975 · 0th pct

Tackles#2976 / 2975 · 0th 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 splits

Through 1 game: 2.0 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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Pass share

44.4%

95 pass / 119 run

Plays / game

71.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.9%

68 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

The defensive line · BYU

#48Bodie SchoonoverDE · Sr.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#7Logan LutuiDE · Sr.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#57Keanu TanuvasaDT · Sr.4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#13Tausili AkanaDE · Jr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#44Ephraim AsiataDE · So.0 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