Here’s this week's summary of former BYU Cougars in the NFL. Players are ranked based on their year-to-date performance.
No. 1 - Fred Warner, LB, San Francisco 49ers
Stats: 5 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 fumble recovery
While Warner's five tackles were far below his 10-plus per game average coming into Week 9, he had a tackle for loss, recovered a fumble, and had a sweet goal line stop leaping over offensive line with a perfectly timed jump. Fred Warner is a generational talent, and it's a joy to watch him dominate as a former BYU Cougar.
Fred Warner STOPS the QB sneak attempt@49ers
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) November 8, 2026
📺: FOX/FOX One pic.twitter.com/OuE87DqSfK
No. 2 - Puka Nacua, WR, Los Angeles Rams
Stats: 14 receptions, 150 yards, 1 TD; 2 carries, 20 yards, 1 fumble lost
The Rams beat the Commanders 20-13 to get to 5-4, and Puka Nacua was essentially Los Angeles' entire passing game. Quarterback Matthew Stafford threw for 228 yards, and 150 of them went to Puka Nacua. The former BYU star is on a tear right now, putting up his fourth game of at least 119 receiving yards over his last five games.
However, he was injured late in the game and will undergo an MRI on Monday. The team doesn't think it's a torn ACL, but the injury is still worrisome.
No. 3 - Tyler Allgeier, RB, Arizona Cardinals
Stats: 17 carries, 46 yards; 2 receptions, 0 yards
It was a tough, tough week (again) for the Arizona Cardinals' offense. While Tyler Allgeier led the team in rushing again with 46 yards, he averaged just 2.7 yards per carry. The Cardinals scored just three points in a loss for the 3-6 Cardinals. Just flush this one.
No. 4 - Kyle Van Noy, OLB, Minnesota Vikings
Stats: Plays on Monday Night Football
The 13th-year veteran continues to play a key role on the 6-1 Vikings' defense. Through seven games he has 13 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and seven tackles for loss.
No. 5 - Khyiris Tonga, DT, Kansas City Chiefs
Stats: 3 tackles
Tonga's debut season in Kansas City got off to something of a slow start, stats-wise. In his first four games of his 2026 campaign he had just three tackles, though tackles is a very myopic way of evaluating defensive tackles who are also charged with eating blockers and collapsing the pocket. But over Khyiris' last four games he has 13 tackles, giving him 16 on the season.
No. 6 - Kingsley Suamataia, OG, Kansas City Chiefs
Stats: Started at left guard
It has been a turbulent season for Kingsley Suamataia this year. He has had some apparent disciplinary issues with coach Andy Reid, and his play as rated by PFF ranks him as the No. 47 of 75 guards in the NFL. He started again this week and helped the Chiefs get to 6-2 on the season as he looks to close out the second half of the season stronger than the first.
No. 7 - Ryan Rehkow, P, Cincinnati Bengals
Stats: 2 punts, 53 yard average, 1 inside 20, 55-yard long
The Bengals beat the Falcons to get to 6-2 on the season and only needed to call upon Ryan Rehkow twice to flip field position. The former BYU star averaged 53 yards on his two punts and had one end up inside the 20 yard line.
No. 8 - Zayne Anderson, S, Miami Dolphins
Stats: No stats recorded
Zayne reprised his role as a special teams mainstay who occasionally plays some situational defensive snaps this week. He didn't record any stats in the Dolphins' Week 9 loss to the Lions. On the season he has 14 tackles, one tackle for loss, and a pass defended.
No. 9 - Jack Kelly, OLB, New York Giants
Stats: 1 tackle
Jack Kelly, a sixth-round rookie, recorded his third career tackle this week as a member of the Giants' special teams. He still hasn't earned opportunities on the Giants' defense in a loaded linebacker corps. His future is still bright, though. A successful rookie campaign for a late-round pick is to carve out a consistent role on special teams, and that's exactly what Kelly's doing.
No. 10 - Carsen Ryan, TE, Cleveland Browns
Stats: No stats recorded
Ryan was selected in the seventh round of this year's NFL Draft and he's had an up-and-down rookie campaign. Coming into Week 9 he had played just two offensive snaps and 85 on special teams with one tackle on the season. He was waived a week ago by the Browns, re-signed to the practice squad, then elevated back to the 53-man roster where he remains today.
No. 11 - Zach Wilson, QB, New Orleans Saints
Stats: Inactive
Wilson is buried on the Saints depth chart and has yet to see the field this year.
No. 12 - Kedon Slovis, QB, Baltimore Ravens
Stats: Inactive
In a hugely exciting week for Kedon Slovis, he was plucked from the Green Bay Packers' practice squad and signed to the Baltimore Ravens' 53-man roster. The Ravens have been through quarterback injuries of biblical proportions this year, and Slovis is now on the depth chart.
After starting for one year at BYU in 2023, he spent 2024 on the Texans' practice squad. Last year he joined the Cardinals and made his first two NFL appearances, completing one of two passes.
No. 13 - Blake Freeland, OT, New York Jets
In another exciting turn of events, Blake Freeland was elevated from the practice squad to the Jets' 53-man roster this past week. He was inactive for Week 9, but the elevation from the practice squad is better than the alternative. This is a pivotal year for the 2023 fourth-round pick if he's going to stick in the NFL.
Injured Reserve
Chris Brooks, RB, Green Bay Packers (designated to return)
Brady Christensen, OL, Carolina Panthers (designated to return)
Tyler Batty, DE, Minnesota Vikings (season ending)
Practice Squads
Mory Bamba, CB, New York Jets
Jakob Robinson, CB, Tennessee Titans
Add us as a preferred source on Google