Usage / Role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Utah
Sunia Tauteoli
LB • 6'0" • 227 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sunia Tauteoli shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
71
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Utah
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Utah
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Sunia Tauteoli built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 10, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Sunia Tauteoli's career was his defensive...
Read the storySunia Tauteoli, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Utah. Sunia Tauteoli shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 121
- TFL
- 13
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Sunia Tauteoli quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah · LB
- Career Tackles
- 121
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Utah
- Top game
- Stanford
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 64 tackles · LB 214th (top 20%) · Pac-12 35th (top 7%) · National 404th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Utah | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 40.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Utah | 10 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 40.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Utah | 10 | 64 | 10 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 73.8 |
Related Context
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Sunia Tauteoli played LB for Utah. Across 3 tracked seasons, Sunia Tauteoli recorded 1 rushing yards, 121 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Utah.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Utah paired 15 primary output with 41.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 41.7 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: Stanford
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Utah
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
41.7
Usage
13.3
Consistency
53.4
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Dakota: 1. BYU: 0. San José State: 3. Arizona: 1. Stanford: 3.5. USC: 2. Oregon: 2. UCLA: 1.5. Washington: 0. Colorado: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Dakota: 10 by 51.7. BYU: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 7 by 59.2. Arizona: 7 by 39.2. Stanford: 11 by 80.8. USC: 6 by 45. Oregon: 4 by 36.7. UCLA: 12 by 65. Washington: 4 by 16.7. Colorado: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
80.8 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | vs Colorado | W 34-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Washington | L 30-33 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs UCLA10+ tackles | W 48-17 | 12 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ OregonSplash game | L 20-41 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | @ USCSplash game | L 27-28 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs Stanford10+ tackles · Splash game | L 20-23 | 11 | 4 | — | 3.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Arizona | W 30-24 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs San José StateSplash game | W 54-16 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | @ BYU | W 19-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | vs North Dakota10+ tackles | W 37-16 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Sunia Tauteoli story
Sunia Tauteoli built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 10, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Sunia Tauteoli's career was his defensive production: 121 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Utah. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Sunia Tauteoli's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 1 rushing yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah.
The arc is straightforward: Sunia Tauteoli moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Utah
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Utah | 8 | 31.8 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Utah | 8 | 31.8 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Utah | 15 | 41.7 | 13.3 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Stanford
Week 6 · L 20-23 · Conference game
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
93.6 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.
#2
@ San José State
Week 3 · W 34-17
3.5
Havoc Plays
89.4 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.
#3
vs San José State
Week 3 · W 54-16
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Havoc Plays
81.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Indiana
Week 1 · W 26-24 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
72.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.9 takeover score.
#5
vs UCLA
Week 10 · W 48-17 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
69.3 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Utah
15 primary output · 41.7 efficiency · 13.3 usage
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#2
2016 Postseason · Utah
40.2
8 primary · 31.8 efficiency · 7.9 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Utah
40.2
8 primary · 31.8 efficiency · 7.9 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
7
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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