Player Dossier

2016-2019

Colorado

Nu'umotu Falo Jr.

LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Sacramento, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nu'umotu Falo Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

12

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Colorado

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Colorado
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Player Story

Nu'umotu Falo Jr. built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Nu'umotu Falo Jr.'s career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8581

Inderkum · Sacramento, CA

Committed To
Colorado
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Nu'umotu Falo Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Colorado. Nu'umotu Falo Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
23
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Nu'umotu Falo Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Colorado · LB
Career Tackles
23
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Colorado
Top game
Arizona
Recruit profile
3-star · Inderkum · Colorado
High school pipeline
Inderkum · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 42 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
7 tackles · LB 848th (top 67%) · Pac-12 266th (top 51%) · National 3,057th (top 52%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 PostseasonColorado71-0--050
2016 Regular SeasonColorado7121.51.5-2050
2017 Regular SeasonColorado00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonColorado43101-029.8
2019 Regular SeasonColorado57-0-1011.1

Related Context

Nu'umotu Falo Jr. played LB for Colorado. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nu'umotu Falo Jr. recorded 23 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Colorado.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Colorado paired 5 primary output with 14.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: USC

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Colorado

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

7.8

Usage

1.2

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado State: 0. Nebraska: 0. Air Force: 0. Arizona State: 0. USC: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado State: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 2 by 8.3. USC: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs USC

Result
Sat 10/26vs USCL 31-3521001
Sun 9/22@ Arizona StateW 34-3121000
Sat 9/14vs Air ForceL 23-3011000
Sat 9/7vs NebraskaW 34-3110000
Sat 8/31vs Colorado StateW 52-3111000

Player Story

Nu'umotu Falo Jr. story

Nu'umotu Falo Jr. built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Nu'umotu Falo Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 23 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Nu'umotu Falo Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Colorado

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonColorado514.93.8
2016 Regular SeasonColorado514.93.80
2017 Regular SeasonColorado0-5
2018 Regular SeasonColorado28.12.52
2019 Regular SeasonColorado17.81.2-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arizona

Week 11 · W 49-24 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Utah

Week 12 · L 7-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#3

vs USC

Week 9 · L 31-35 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

44.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Colorado State

Week 1 · W 45-13

1

Havoc Plays

43.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Stanford

Week 8 · W 10-5 · Conference game

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.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Colorado

5 primary output · 14.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Colorado

50

5 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Colorado

29.8

2 primary · 8.1 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games