Player Dossier

2015-2018

UTSA

Josiah Tauaefa

LB • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Corinth, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Josiah Tauaefa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

14.8

Efficiency

49.7

Consistency

32.6

Season Value

27.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason · UTSA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Scouting Read

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Josiah Tauaefa, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason · UTSA. Josiah Tauaefa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.7 disruption score.

Josiah Tauaefa played LB for UTSA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Josiah Tauaefa recorded 255 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UTSA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

UTSA paired 17 primary output with 48.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 49.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · UTSA

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

49.7

Usage

14.8

Consistency

32.6

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 1. Baylor: 0. Kansas State: 3. Texas State: 6. UTEP: 0. Rice: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1.5. Southern Miss: 0.5. UAB: 0. Florida International: 1.5. Marshall: 0. North Texas: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 10 by 51.7. Baylor: 5 by 20.8. Kansas State: 4 by 46.7. Texas State: 9 by 87.5. UTEP: 8 by 33.3. Rice: 5 by 20.8. Louisiana Tech: 13 by 65. Southern Miss: 13 by 55. UAB: 8 by 33.3. Florida International: 10 by 56.7. Marshall: 12 by 50. North Texas: 14 by 75

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2 · Games = 3 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 9 · -0.9 vs Wins
First Half1.7 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs First Half

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas State

Best efficiency game

87.5 vs Texas State

Result
Sun 11/25vs North Texas10+ tacklesL 21-241481.5010
Sat 11/17@ Marshall10+ tacklesL 0-23121000
Sun 11/11vs Florida International10+ tacklesL 7-451041.5000
Sat 11/3@ UABL 3-5287000
Sat 10/20@ Southern Miss10+ tacklesL 17-271350.5000
Sat 10/13vs Louisiana Tech10+ tacklesL 3-311371.5000
Sat 10/6@ RiceW 20-353000
Sat 9/29vs UTEPW 30-2187000
Sat 9/22vs Texas State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 25-21973.502.500
Sat 9/15@ Kansas StateSplash gameL 17-4144210
Sat 9/8vs BaylorL 20-3751000
Sun 9/2@ Arizona State10+ tacklesL 7-49108100

Career Arc

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    UTSA

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUTSA0
2016 PostseasonUTSA1748.713.817
2016 Regular SeasonUTSA1748.713.80
2017 Regular SeasonUTSA622.64.8-11
2018 Regular SeasonUTSA1649.714.810

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Texas State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Primary metric

6 disruption/tackle impact with 73.5 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

4

Primary metric

Game with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 71.5 takeover score.

#3

New Mexico

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

#4

Rice

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#5

North Texas

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2016 Postseason · UTSA

17 primary output · 48.7 efficiency · 13.8 usage

29.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · UTSA

29.8

17 primary · 48.7 efficiency · 13.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · UTSA

27.8

16 primary · 49.7 efficiency · 14.8 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

11

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7685

Lake Dallas · Lake Dallas, TX

Committed To
UTSA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

255

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 33 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.