Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017BYU
Kesni Tausinga
DL • 6'1" • 300 lbs • South Jordan, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kesni Tausinga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Player Story
Kesni Tausinga built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from South Jordan, UT wearing No. 94, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Kesni Tausinga's career was his defensive...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Kesni Tausinga, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · BYU. Kesni Tausinga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 45
- TFL
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Kesni Tausinga quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · DL
- Career Tackles
- 45
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · BYU
- Top game
- Mississippi State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bradley Central
- High school pipeline
- Bradley Central · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 94 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · DL 155th (top 22%) · FBS Independents 42nd (top 23%) · National 1,468th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | BYU | 10 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 10 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40.1 |
Related Context
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Kesni Tausinga played DL for BYU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kesni Tausinga recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with BYU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
BYU paired 5 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · BYU
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
14.2
Usage
4.2
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Mississippi State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 0.5. Portland State: 0. Utah: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Utah State: 0. Boise State: 0. Mississippi State: 2. East Carolina: 0. San José State: 0. Fresno State: 0. Massachusetts: 2. Hawai'i: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 2 by 13.3. Portland State: 1 by 4.2. Utah: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 7 by 49.2. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. San José State: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 2 by 8.3. Massachusetts: 6 by 45. Hawai'i: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 9 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Mississippi State
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Mississippi State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | @ Hawai'i | W 30-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs MassachusettsSplash game | L 10-16 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | @ Fresno State | L 13-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs San José State | W 41-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ East Carolina | L 17-33 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Mississippi StateSplash game | L 10-35 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Boise State | L 7-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Utah State | L 24-40 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Wisconsin | L 6-40 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Utah | L 13-19 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | @ LSU | L 0-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/26 | vs Portland State | W 20-6 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kesni Tausinga story
Kesni Tausinga built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from South Jordan, UT wearing No. 94, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Kesni Tausinga's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 4 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Kesni Tausinga's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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BYU
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | BYU | 3.5 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 3.5 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 5 | 14.2 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Mississippi State
Week 7 · L 10-35
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Massachusetts
Week 12 · L 10-16 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Massachusetts
Week 12 · W 51-9 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Utah State
Week 13 · W 28-10
1
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
#5
vs UCLA
Week 3 · L 14-17
1
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · BYU
5 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 4.2 usage
40.1
#2
2016 Postseason · BYU
27.3
3.5 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 1.9 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · BYU
27.3
3.5 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 1.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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