#24

Payton VanSteenkiste

Sophomore safety on BYU's 2026 roster.

S · BYU · So. · #24

6′0″ · 195 lb · Rigby, ID

The story

Sophomore safety on BYU's 2026 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

The full story, with sources

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Payton VanSteenkiste

S · BYU · So · #24

He has spent two seasons in the BYU secondary. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Utah Tech — Week 1, 2026.

1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
seasons on the roster
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	BYU	1	1	--	--	--
2025	BYU	1	1	--	--	--
Career		2	2	--	--	--

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	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 1 tackles

2026 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Kalani Sitake, all run-leaning offenses — 15-2 over that span.

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

2026BYU3-0HC: 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)

QB hurries#283 / 939 · 35th pct

Sacks#285 / 939 · 35th pct

0.0

Passes defended#411 / 939 · 28th pct

Tackles for loss#633 / 939 · 16th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#932 / 939 · 1st pct

Tackles#940 / 939 · 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: 1.0 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 · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

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
#24Payton VanSteenkisteS · 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