Usage / Role
8%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Charlotte
Josiah Sa'o
DL • 6'2" • 295 lbs • San Diego, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josiah Sa'o shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8 disruption score.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt • Charlotte
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Josiah Sa'o, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Josiah Sa'o shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
- TFL
- 1.5
Quick Answers
Josiah Sa'o quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Charlotte · DL
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kearny · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Kearny · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 57 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · DL 633rd (top 67%) · Conference USA 363rd (top 55%) · National 3,202nd (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Charlotte | 5 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Charlotte | 5 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.3 |
Related Context
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Josiah Sa'o played DL for Vanderbilt and Charlotte. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josiah Sa'o recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Charlotte.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Vanderbilt, Charlotte.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · Charlotte
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
8
Usage
3.3
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 0. Gardner-Webb: 0.5. Georgia State: 0. Illinois: 1. Florida International: 0
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. Duke: 1 by 4.2. Gardner-Webb: 1 by 9.2. Georgia State: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Florida International: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.3 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
Illinois
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Illinois
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Vanderbilt
2017-2019
Opening stop
- 2
Charlotte
2020-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Charlotte | 0 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Charlotte | 1.5 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Illinois
Week 5 · L 14-24
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Gardner-Webb
Week 2 · W 38-10
0.5
Havoc Plays
26.7 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.
#3
vs East Tennessee State
Week 13 · W 38-0
0
Havoc Plays
11.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.
#4
@ North Texas
Week 6 · W 49-21 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
#5
@ App State
Week 2 · L 20-35
0
Havoc Plays
6.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 2.7 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Charlotte
38.7
0 primary · 5.8 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Charlotte
37.3
1.5 primary · 8 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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