Player Dossier

2018-2022

BYU

Alden Tofa

DL • 6'4" • 277 lbs • West Jordan, UT, USA

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Alden Tofa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Player Story

Alden Tofa built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from West Jordan, UT wearing No. 51, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Alden Tofa's career was his defensive production: 40...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8661

West Jordan · West Jordan, UT

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Alden Tofa, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · BYU. Alden Tofa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
40
TFL
6
Sacks
3

Quick Answers

Alden Tofa quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · DL
Career Tackles
40
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 28 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · BYU
Top game
SMU
Recruit profile
3-star · West Jordan · BYU
High school pipeline
West Jordan · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 51 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
17 tackles · DL 389th (top 40%) · FBS Independents 109th (top 34%) · National 2,064th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonBYU41-0--037.2
2018 Regular SeasonBYU43-0--037.2
2019 Regular SeasonBYU2410--028.8
2020 Regular SeasonBYU580.50--09.4
2021 Regular SeasonBYU5711--026.6
2022 PostseasonBYU12111--046.1
2022 Regular SeasonBYU12162.51--046.1

Related Context

Alden Tofa played DL for BYU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Alden Tofa recorded 40 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

BYU paired 5.5 primary output with 10.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: McNeese

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · BYU

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

McNeese

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. McNeese: 0. Washington: 0. Utah State: 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. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. McNeese: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 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 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

McNeese

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Western Michigan

Result
Fri 12/21vs Western MichiganW 49-1810000
Sat 10/6vs Utah StateL 20-4511000
Sun 9/30@ WashingtonL 7-3510000
Sat 9/22vs McNeeseW 30-310000

Player Story

Alden Tofa story

Alden Tofa built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from West Jordan, UT wearing No. 51, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Alden Tofa's career was his defensive production: 40 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Alden Tofa'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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    BYU

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201820192020202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonBYU04.20.9
2018 Regular SeasonBYU04.20.90
2019 Regular SeasonBYU113.44.11
2020 Regular SeasonBYU0.57.71.7-0.5
2021 Regular SeasonBYU29.85.61.5
2022 PostseasonBYU5.510.57.53.5
2022 Regular SeasonBYU5.510.57.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs SMU

Week 1 · W 24-23 · Postseason

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Virginia

Week 9 · W 66-49

1

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Utah State

Week 5 · W 38-26

2

Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Massachusetts

Week 13 · W 56-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Idaho State

Week 10 · W 59-14

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Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · BYU

5.5 primary output · 10.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · BYU

46.1

5.5 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · BYU

37.2

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games