Linebacker, BYU, 2017–24
Ben Bywater
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Salt Lake City, UT
Ben Bywater played linebacker at BYU (2017–24).
Career highs
14tackles, career highvs. Boise State, 2021Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | BYU | 2 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | BYU | 2 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | BYU | 2 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | BYU | 2 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | BYU | 2 | LB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2024 | BYU | 2 | LB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 6′3″ | 235 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2023 BYU 5 games, 32 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Sam Houston | W 14–0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Southern Utah | W 41–16 | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Arkansas | W 38–31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Kansas | L 27–38 | 10 | 9 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 4 | at West Virginia | L 7–37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 BYU 13 games, 87 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at South Florida | W 50–21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Baylor | W 26–20 | 11 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Oregon | L 20–41 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Wyoming | W 38–24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Utah State | W 38–26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Notre Dame | L 20–28 | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Arkansas | L 35–52 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Liberty | L 14–41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. East Carolina | L 24–27 | 11 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Boise State | W 31–28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Utah Tech | W 52–26 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | at Stanford | W 35–26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. SMU | W 24–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 BYU 12 games, 102 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Arizona | W 24–16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Utah | W 26–17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Arizona State | W 27–17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs.South Florida | W 35–27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atUtah State | W 34–20 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs.Boise State | L 17–26 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | atBaylor | L 24–38 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | at Washington State | W 21–19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Virginia | W 66–49 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | at Georgia Southern | W 34–17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | at USC | W 35–31 | 13 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 18 ✦ | vs. UAB | L 28–31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 BYU 2 games, 7 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | at Navy | W 55–3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 45–14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 BYU 2 games, 8 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16 | vs. Idaho State | W 42–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Massachusetts | W 56–24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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