Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Hawai'i
Pita Tonga
DL • 6'1" • 310 lbs • Taylorsville, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Pita Tonga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
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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: 2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Utah • Hawai'i
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Player Story
Pita Tonga built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Taylorsville, UT wearing No. 49, spending time with Hawai'i and Utah. The clearest part of Pita Tonga's career was his defensive...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Pita Tonga, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i. Pita Tonga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 40
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Pita Tonga quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Hawai'i · DL
- Career Tackles
- 40
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i
- Top game
- Fresno State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · East St. Louis
- High school pipeline
- East St. Louis · 40 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 49 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · DL 455th (top 49%) · Mountain West 214th (top 40%) · National 2,424th (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Utah | 5 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.2 |
| 2018 Postseason | Utah | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Utah | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Utah | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.5 |
Related Context
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Pita Tonga played DL for Utah and Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, Pita Tonga recorded 40 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Hawai'i.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Hawai'i paired 9 primary output with 16.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah, Hawai'i.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
16.5
Usage
5.7
Consistency
70.4
Best Game by takeover score
Fresno State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Portland State: 2. UCLA: 1. Oregon State: 1. San José State: 1. New Mexico State: 0. Fresno State: 2. New Mexico State: 0. Utah State: 1. San Diego State: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Portland State: 1 by 24.2. UCLA: 2 by 18.3. Oregon State: 0 by 10. San José State: 1 by 14.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 3 by 32.5. New Mexico State: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 3 by 22.5. San Diego State: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Fresno State
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Fresno State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/7 | vs San Diego State | L 10-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Utah State | L 31-51 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/24 | vs New Mexico State | W 48-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/3 | vs Fresno StateSplash game | W 27-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | @ New Mexico State | W 41-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/19 | vs San José State | L 13-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/12 | @ Oregon State | L 27-45 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/5 | vs Portland StateSplash game | W 49-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/28 | @ UCLA | L 10-44 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Pita Tonga story
Pita Tonga built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Taylorsville, UT wearing No. 49, spending time with Hawai'i and Utah. The clearest part of Pita Tonga's career was his defensive production: 40 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Pita Tonga's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Utah
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Hawai'i
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720182018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | 8.3 | 1.5 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Utah | 7.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 7.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Utah | 7.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Utah | 1 | 12.2 | 3.4 | -6.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 9 | 16.5 | 5.7 | 9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Fresno State
Week 5 · W 27-24 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
vs BYU
Week 13 · W 35-27
2
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Portland State
Week 1 · W 49-35
2
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Washington
Week 3 · L 7-21 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Colorado
Week 12 · W 30-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i
9 primary output · 16.5 efficiency · 5.7 usage
58.5
#2
2018 Postseason · Utah
41.9
7.5 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 4 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Utah
41.9
7.5 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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