Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017UNLV
Jason Fao
DL • 6'0" • 310 lbs • Long Beach, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jason Fao shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
Player Story
Jason Fao built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 95, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Jason Fao's career was his defensive production: 50...
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- Committed To
- UTEP
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Jason Fao, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UNLV. Jason Fao shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 50
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Jason Fao quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · DL
- Career Tackles
- 50
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · UNLV
- Top game
- Idaho
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Long Beach Poly · UTEP
- High school pipeline
- Long Beach Poly · 81 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · DL 77th (top 11%) · Mountain West 90th (top 17%) · National 1,050th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | UNLV | 8 | 12 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 49.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UNLV | 11 | 38 | 4.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 48.8 |
Related Context
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Jason Fao played DL for UNLV. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jason Fao recorded 50 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UNLV.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
UNLV paired 5.5 primary output with 13.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · UNLV
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
19.4
Usage
7.7
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Idaho
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Howard: 1. Idaho: 3. Ohio State: 0. San José State: 0. San Diego State: 0. Air Force: 0. Utah State: 0. Hawai'i: 0. BYU: 0.5. New Mexico: 1. Nevada: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Howard: 3 by 22.5. Idaho: 2 by 38.3. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. San José State: 1 by 4.2. San Diego State: 3 by 12.5. Air Force: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 5 by 20.8. Hawai'i: 6 by 25. BYU: 3 by 17.5. New Mexico: 8 by 43.3. Nevada: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 7 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Idaho
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs New Mexico
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Nevada | L 16-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ New Mexico | W 38-35 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs BYU | L 21-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Hawai'i | W 31-23 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Utah State | L 28-52 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Air Force | L 30-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs San Diego State | L 10-41 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/1 | vs San José State | W 41-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Ohio State | L 21-54 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ IdahoSplash game | W 44-16 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Howard | L 40-43 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jason Fao story
Jason Fao built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 95, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Jason Fao's career was his defensive production: 50 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Jason Fao's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
UNLV
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | UNLV | 5.5 | 13.1 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UNLV | 5.5 | 19.4 | 7.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Idaho
Week 2 · W 44-16
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Idaho
Week 4 · L 30-33
2
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
#3
@ New Mexico
Week 12 · W 38-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Jackson State
Week 1 · W 63-13
1
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Howard
Week 1 · L 40-43
1
Havoc Plays
38.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · UNLV
5.5 primary output · 13.1 efficiency · 4 usage
49.4
#2
2017 Regular Season · UNLV
48.8
5.5 primary · 19.4 efficiency · 7.7 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · UNLV
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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