Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-16@ Washington | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 0-33@ Utah | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Kye Stokes
Senior cornerback on Utah State's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Tampa, FL
Transferred Cincinnati → Utah State for 2026
Recruiting
4★
ATH recruit
No. 351 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior cornerback on Utah State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2022.
- Transferred from Cincinnati to Utah State in 2026.
How he projects
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Grades highest in speed and zone coverage.
The full scouting readKye Stokes
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Three head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles against Washington, Week 2, 2026.
15 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20226 games
- Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Armwood
20245 games
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coaches2022
Utah State
2024era →
Nate Dreiling
Utah State
Played under 3 different head coaches: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling, and Bronco Mendenhall. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Utah State
2025Cincinnati
2026Utah State
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Utah State | 15 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Cincinnati | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 36 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +7 tackles, +0.5 tackles for loss.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
2024Cincinnati5-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced
2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo
2026Utah State0-3HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (28th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
15tackles this season15 tackles · 0 for loss.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 7.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
54.3%
121 pass / 102 run
Plays / game
74.3
3 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
120 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CB
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Vayante Copeland’s 2016 season.
Matches Vayante on
Height
PD rate
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Noa Kamana's senior season at Hawai'i (2022).
Matches Noa on
Class year
Height
PD rate
The secondary · Utah State
- #4Brevin Hamblin110 tackles · 2025
- Ike Larsen56 tackles · 2025
- #15D'Angelo Mayes40 tackles · 2025
- #34Dylan Tucker34 tackles · 2025
- #2Kye Stokes2 tackles · 2025
24 more on the roster · Utah State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology