Senior safety for Wyoming. 2021: 1 interception, 45 tackles.
6′1″ · 198 lb · Aurora, CO
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 safety for Wyoming. 2021: 1 interception, 45 tackles.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 3763 nationally · Signed with Wyoming
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonEsaias Gandy
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. A 2-star signing who has since put five seasons on the field at Wyoming. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Fresno State — Week 7, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Wyoming, 125 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Craig Bohl.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Craig Bohl — 31-26 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Sawvel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #246 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 19–16
6 TOT · 5 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With R. Fawaz — 45 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 54 LONG · S. Chambers — 196 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 13.4 · 51 rush yds (14 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-16vs Montana State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 50-43@ Northern Illinois | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-12vs Ball State | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-22@ UConn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-24@ Air Force | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-17vs Fresno State | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 3-14vs New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Colorado State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Nolan Turner’s 2021 season.
Matches Nolan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Nolan Turner's senior season at Clemson (2021).
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Player DNA