Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Grambling | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
#13
Ryan Yaites
Senior safety on TCU's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Denton, TX · Guyer High School
CFB Index 10 · #530 of 538 safetiesMedium confidence
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.
Recruiting
4★
S recruit
No. 265 nationally · Signed with LSU
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior safety on TCU's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2023.
- Transferred from California to TCU in 2025.
Ryan Yaites
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Grambling — Week 2, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
20239 games
- Signed with LSU4-star out of Denton Guyer
20247 games
- Entered the portal
20253 games
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
TCU
Played his entire career under Sonny Dykes.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | TCU | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | California | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | LSU | 16 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 35 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 63–7
vs Grambling
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced
2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
2026TCU2-1HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th 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.
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
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
45.1%
93 pass / 113 run
Plays / game
68.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
100 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2024 production profile sits closest to D'Angelo Mandell’s 2022 season.
Matches D'Angelo on
Tackle volume
TFL rate
PD rate
Differs from D'Angelo on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kaleb Patterson's sophomore season at Illinois (2025).
Matches Kaleb on
Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Ryan Yaites
Background
AT TCU 2025 | JUNIOR (12/0) Played in 12 games, primarily on special teams … had one tackle against North Carolina, Arizona State and West Virginia. AT CAL 2024 | SOPHOMORE (12/0) Played in 12 games ... recorded 16 tackles, one pass defended and a half sack … registered one tackle in Cal debut…
The secondary · TCU
- #2Jamel Johnson96 tackles · 2025
- #10Jacob Fields90 tackles · 2025
- #12Kalen Carroll49 tackles · 2025
- #1Vernon Glover41 tackles · 2025
- #13Ryan Yaites3 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · TCU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology