Bryce Boettcher, 2025
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Linebacker, Oregon, 2022–⁠25

Bryce Boettcher

Number
No. 28
Height
6′2″
Weight
232 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Eugene, OR
Born
Jul 8, 2002

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Bryce Boettcher played linebacker at Oregon (2022–⁠25). He won the 2024 Burlsworth Trophy. The Indianapolis Colts took Boettcher in round 4, No. 135 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
132
Tackles, 2025 (Oregon, 13–⁠2)
National rank
No. 5
In FBS in tackles, 2025
Drafted
No. 135
Round 4, 2026 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

Career highs

13tackles, career highvs. USC, 2025

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2024

All-America: Sports Illustrated 2025

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2022Oregon2000000
2023Oregon37152.51000
2024Oregon874772140
2025Oregon132555.51155
Career258117154295

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Oregon28LBFr.
2023Oregon28LBSo.
2024Oregon28LBJr.
2025Oregon28LBSr.6′2″232

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

2025 Oregon 15 games, 132 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30vs.Montana StateW 59–⁠13310000
Sep 6vs.Oklahoma StateW 69–⁠3920000
Sep 13atNorthwesternW 34–⁠14510.5011
Sep 20vs.Oregon StateW 41–⁠71020000
Sep 27atPenn StateW 30–⁠241230.5000
Oct 11vs.IndianaL 20–⁠301150000
Oct 18atRutgersW 56–⁠10740000
Oct 25vs.WisconsinW 21–⁠7641002
Nov 8atIowaW 18–⁠16851100
Nov 14vs.MinnesotaW 42–⁠13630000
Nov 22vs.USCW 42–⁠271341000
Nov 29atWashingtonW 26–⁠141050000
Dec 20 ✦vs.James MadisonW 51–⁠34930.5001
Jan 1 ✦vs.Texas TechW 23–⁠01260000
Jan 9 ✦vs.IndianaL 22–⁠561171001
2024 Oregon 13 games, 87 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.IdahoW 24–⁠14520000
Sep 7vs.Boise StateW 37–⁠34930001
Sep 14atOregon StateW 49–⁠141150002
Sep 28atUCLAW 34–⁠13330010
Oct 4vs.Michigan StateW 31–⁠10431000
Oct 12vs.Ohio StateW 32–⁠31110000
Oct 18atPurdueW 35–⁠0540.5000
Oct 26vs.IllinoisW 38–⁠9831100
Nov 2atMichiganW 38–⁠17741.5000
Nov 9vs.MarylandW 39–⁠18730000
Nov 16atWisconsinW 16–⁠13971001
Nov 30vs.WashingtonW 49–⁠211142100
Jan 1 ✦vs.Ohio StateL 21–⁠41750000
2023 Oregon 11 games, 37 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.Portland StateW 81–⁠7410000
Sep 9atTexas TechW 38–⁠30311100
Sep 16vs.Hawai’iW 55–⁠10631000
Sep 23vs.ColoradoW 42–⁠6310000
Sep 30atStanfordW 42–⁠6520.5000
Oct 14atWashingtonL 33–⁠36220000
Oct 21vs.Washington StateW 38–⁠24100000
Oct 28atUtahW 35–⁠6110000
Nov 4vs.CaliforniaW 63–⁠19600000
Nov 18atArizona StateW 49–⁠13530000
Jan 1 ✦vs.LibertyW 45–⁠6110000
2022 Oregon 2 games, 2 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 10vs.Eastern WashingtonW 70–⁠14100000
Oct 1vs.StanfordW 45–⁠27100000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2026 Senior Bowl (National team, lost 9–⁠17).

DrillCombine 2026Combine or pro day 2026
Height6′1¼″
Weight233 lb
Arm length30¾″
Hand size9″
Wingspan75⅛″
40-yard dash4.69 sW
10-yard split1.63 sW
Vertical jump34½″W
Broad jump9′8″W
Bench press21 repsW
3-cone drill7.25 sW
20-yard shuttle4.30 sW

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2026 (so far)Indianapolis Colts52100

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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