Player Dossier

2015-2018

Utah State

Suli Tamaivena

LB • 6'0" • 230 lbs • Kirkland, WA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Suli Tamaivena shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.6

Efficiency

30.3

Consistency

41.7

Season Value

32.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Suli Tamaivena, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Utah State. Suli Tamaivena shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.3 disruption score.

Suli Tamaivena played LB for Utah State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Suli Tamaivena recorded 150 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Utah State paired 15.5 primary output with 45.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 30.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · Utah State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

30.3

Usage

7.6

Consistency

41.7

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 0. Air Force: 0. BYU: 0. UNLV: 1.5. Wyoming: 1. New Mexico: 4. Hawai'i: 1. San José State: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Air Force: 12 by 50. BYU: 3 by 12.5. UNLV: 6 by 40. Wyoming: 4 by 26.7. New Mexico: 7 by 69.2. Hawai'i: 1 by 14.2. San José State: 4 by 21.7

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.4 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs Second Half
Second Half1.6 · Games = 4 · +1.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico

Best efficiency game

69.2 vs New Mexico

Result
Sat 12/15@ North TexasW 52-1322000
Sat 11/10vs San José StateW 62-24430.5000
Sun 11/4@ Hawai'iW 56-1711000
Sat 10/27vs New MexicoSplash gameW 61-1973210
Sat 10/20@ WyomingW 24-1642100
Sat 10/13vs UNLVW 59-28631.5000
Sat 10/6@ BYUW 45-2032000
Sun 9/23vs Air Force10+ tacklesW 42-32124000

Career Arc

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    Utah State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUtah State0
2016 Regular SeasonUtah State00
2017 PostseasonUtah State15.545.911.615.5
2017 Regular SeasonUtah State15.545.911.60
2018 PostseasonUtah State830.37.6-7.5
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State830.37.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Wyoming

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.7 takeover score.

#2

New Mexico

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

#3

Colorado State

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

#4

UNLV

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.6 takeover score.

#5

BYU

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 35.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Utah State

15.5 primary output · 45.9 efficiency · 11.6 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Utah State

51.5

15.5 primary · 45.9 efficiency · 11.6 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Utah State

32.8

8 primary · 30.3 efficiency · 7.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

4

Splash games

7

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

6

Seasons tracked

150

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 21 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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