Player Dossier

2017-2020

Oregon

Austin Faoliu

DT • 6'3" • 300 lbs • Santa Ana, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Austin Faoliu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

44%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

46

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Oregon

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Oregon
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Player Story

Austin Faoliu built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive tackle from Santa Ana, CA wearing No. 99, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Austin Faoliu's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8948

Hazelwood Central · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Oregon
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Austin Faoliu, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Oregon. Austin Faoliu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
109
TFL
10
Sacks
5
QB hurries
3

Quick Answers

Austin Faoliu quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon · DT
Career Tackles
109
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 36 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Oregon
Top game
Arizona State
Recruit profile
4-star · Hazelwood Central · Oregon
High school pipeline
Hazelwood Central · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
16 tackles · DT 56th (top 31%) · Pac-12 99th (top 25%) · National 1,598th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonOregon94-0--026.1
2017 Regular SeasonOregon91831--026.1
2018 PostseasonOregon93-01-048.5
2018 Regular SeasonOregon929221-048.5
2019 PostseasonOregon122-0--046.9
2019 Regular SeasonOregon1237521-046.9
2020 PostseasonOregon61-0--041.7
2020 Regular SeasonOregon615-0--041.7

Related Context

Austin Faoliu played DT for Oregon. Across 4 tracked seasons, Austin Faoliu recorded 109 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Oregon.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Oregon paired 6 primary output with 21.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona 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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2018 Postseason · Oregon

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

21.5

Usage

5.5

Consistency

51.9

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 1. Bowling Green: 1. Portland State: 0. San José State: 1. Stanford: 0. Washington: 1. Washington State: 0. UCLA: 0. Arizona State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan State: 3 by 22.5. Bowling Green: 5 by 30.8. Portland State: 7 by 29.2. San José State: 2 by 18.3. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 4 by 26.7. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 6 by 25. Arizona State: 3 by 32.5

Split Comparison

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Wins0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.9 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

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Arizona State

Result
Mon 12/31vs Michigan StateW 7-633000
Sun 11/18vs Arizona StateSplash gameW 31-2932110
Sat 11/3vs UCLAW 42-2163000
Sat 10/20@ Washington StateL 20-3410000
Sat 10/13vs WashingtonW 30-27420.500.500
Sun 9/23vs StanfordL 31-3810000
Sat 9/15vs San José StateW 35-2220000
Sat 9/8vs Portland StateW 62-1472000
Sun 9/2vs Bowling GreenW 58-24540.500.500

Player Story

Austin Faoliu story

Austin Faoliu built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive tackle from Santa Ana, CA wearing No. 99, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Austin Faoliu's career was his defensive production: 109 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, and 5 sacks across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Austin Faoliu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Oregon

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172017201820182019201920202020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonOregon414.63.4
2017 Regular SeasonOregon414.63.40
2018 PostseasonOregon621.55.52
2018 Regular SeasonOregon621.55.50
2019 PostseasonOregon820.25.62
2019 Regular SeasonOregon820.25.60
2020 PostseasonOregon011.11.7-8
2020 Regular SeasonOregon011.11.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arizona State

Week 13 · L 28-31 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#2

vs Oregon State

Week 14 · W 24-10 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.5 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Arizona State

Week 12 · W 31-29 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Utah

Week 9 · W 41-20 · Conference game

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.

#5

vs Washington

Week 7 · W 30-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Oregon

6 primary output · 21.5 efficiency · 5.5 usage

48.5

#2

2018 Regular Season · Oregon

48.5

6 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 5.5 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Oregon

46.9

8 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games