Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Utah
Kavika Luafatasaga
LB • 6'4" • 235 lbs • Honolulu, HI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kavika Luafatasaga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
92
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Utah
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Utah
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Kavika Luafatasaga built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a linebacker from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 5, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Kavika Luafatasaga's career was his defensive...
Read the storyKavika Luafatasaga, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Utah. Kavika Luafatasaga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 127
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Kavika Luafatasaga quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah · LB
- Career Tackles
- 127
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Utah
- Top game
- Indiana
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 75 tackles · LB 156th (top 15%) · Pac-12 24th (top 5%) · National 262nd (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Utah | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 44.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Utah | 12 | 40 | 3 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 44.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | Utah | 12 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 53.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Utah | 12 | 69 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 53.9 |
Related Context
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Kavika Luafatasaga played LB for Utah. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kavika Luafatasaga recorded 127 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Utah.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Utah paired 8 primary output with 32.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 32.7 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: Arizona State
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Utah
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
32.7
Usage
8.6
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 1. North Dakota: 0. BYU: 0. San José State: 3. Arizona: 0. Stanford: 0. USC: 0. Arizona State: 2.5. Oregon: 0. UCLA: 0. Washington: 0. Colorado: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. West Virginia: 6 by 35. North Dakota: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 7 by 29.2. San José State: 4 by 46.7. Arizona: 5 by 20.8. Stanford: 7 by 29.2. USC: 6 by 25. Arizona State: 10 by 66.7. Oregon: 8 by 33.3. UCLA: 9 by 37.5. Washington: 6 by 25. Colorado: 4 by 31.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona State
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs Arizona State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/26 | @ West Virginia | W 30-14 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/26 | vs Colorado | W 34-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Washington | L 30-33 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs UCLA | W 48-17 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Oregon | L 20-41 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Arizona State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 10-30 | 10 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | @ USC | L 27-28 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs Stanford | L 20-23 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Arizona | W 30-24 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs San José StateSplash game | W 54-16 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | @ BYU | W 19-13 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | vs North Dakota | W 37-16 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kavika Luafatasaga story
Kavika Luafatasaga built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a linebacker from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 5, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Kavika Luafatasaga's career was his defensive production: 127 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 24 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 Kavika Luafatasaga's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah.
The arc is straightforward: Kavika Luafatasaga 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
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Utah | 8 | 24.7 | 5.4 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Utah | 8 | 24.7 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Utah | 8 | 32.7 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Utah | 8 | 32.7 | 8.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Indiana
Week 1 · W 26-24 · Postseason
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Colorado
Week 13 · L 22-27 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Arizona State
Week 8 · L 10-30 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#4
vs San José State
Week 3 · W 54-16
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Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 1 · W 30-14 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Utah
8 primary output · 32.7 efficiency · 8.6 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Utah
53.9
8 primary · 32.7 efficiency · 8.6 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Utah
44.5
8 primary · 24.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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