Player Dossier

2016-2019

Boise State

Sonatane Lui

NT • 6'1" • 283 lbs • Sandy, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sonatane Lui shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.3

Efficiency

25.2

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

35.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Boise State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Scouting Read

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Sonatane Lui, NT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Boise State. Sonatane Lui shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.

Sonatane Lui played NT for Boise State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sonatane Lui recorded 101 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Boise State paired 11.5 primary output with 25.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 25.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Boise State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

25.2

Usage

7.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 4. Marshall: 1.5. Portland State: 0. Air Force: 0. UNLV: 2. BYU: 0. San José State: 0. Wyoming: 0. New Mexico: 0. Utah State: 0. Colorado State: 0. Hawai'i: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida State: 2 by 48.3. Marshall: 2 by 23.3. Portland State: 4 by 16.7. Air Force: 16 by 50. UNLV: 5 by 40.8. BYU: 4 by 16.7. San José State: 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 7 by 29.2. New Mexico: 0 by 0. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. Colorado State: 2 by 8.3. Hawai'i: 5 by 60.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.0 · Games = 11 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sat 12/7vs Hawai'i2+ sacks · Splash gameW 31-1054220
Fri 11/29@ Colorado StateW 31-2420000
Sun 11/24@ Utah StateW 56-2110000
Sun 11/17vs New MexicoW 42-900000
Sun 11/10vs WyomingW 20-1772000
Sun 11/3@ San José StateW 52-4210000
Sun 10/20@ BYUL 25-2844000
Sun 10/6@ UNLVSplash gameW 38-1353110
Sat 9/21vs Air Force10+ tacklesW 30-19164000
Sun 9/15vs Portland StateW 45-1042000
Sat 9/7vs MarshallW 14-72010.500
Sat 8/31@ Florida StateSplash gameW 36-3122210

Career Arc

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    Boise State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonBoise State17.41.4
2017 PostseasonBoise State2.59.12.61.5
2017 Regular SeasonBoise State2.59.12.60
2018 Regular SeasonBoise State2.517.94.50
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State11.525.27.39

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Hawai'i

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.

#2

Florida State

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#3

Troy

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.

#4

Utah State

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.4 takeover score.

#5

Nevada

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Boise State

11.5 primary output · 25.2 efficiency · 7.3 usage

35.9

#2

2018 Regular Season · Boise State

14.6

2.5 primary · 17.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Boise State

9.9

2.5 primary · 9.1 efficiency · 2.6 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

3

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

101

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 37 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.