#17

Jarinn Kalama

Sophomore safety on BYU's 2026 roster.

S · BYU · So. · #17

6′3″ · 210 lb · Honolulu, HI

Returning to BYU for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ETat Colorado StateCanvas StadiumBYU by 17.5

How he projects

Grades highest in speed and play recognition.

The full scouting read

The story

2 safety on BYU's 2026 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Jarinn Kalama

S · BYU · So · #17

He has spent two seasons in the BYU secondary. The receipt: 4 tackles against Utah Tech — Week 1, 2026.

4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
seasons on the roster
game log

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

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#121 / 457 · 37th pct

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QB hurries#126 / 457 · 36th pct

Passes defended#169 / 457 · 32nd pct

Tackles for loss#279 / 457 · 20th pct

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Solo tackles#353 / 457 · 16th pct

Tackles#458 / 457 · 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: 4.0 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

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	BYU	4	4	--	--	--
2025	BYU	1	1	--	--	--
Career		5	5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 63-7vs Utah Tech	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Total		4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0

The secondary · BYU

#11Faletau SatualaS · Jr.79 tackles · 2025
#3Raider DamuniS · Sr.43 tackles · 2025
Evan JohnsonCB · Sr.42 tackles · 2025
#1Therrian AlexanderCB · Jr.31 tackles · 2025
#17Jarinn KalamaS · So.1 tackle · 2025

20 more on the roster · BYU team page

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