Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020USC
Talanoa Hufanga
S • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Corvallis, OR, USA
High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence
Talanoa Hufanga shows a high-volume tackler profile with 62.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
94
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
94
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
Talanoa Hufanga built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a safety from Corvallis, OR wearing No. 15, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Talanoa Hufanga's career was his defensive production: 203...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 36
- Overall
- No. 180
- NFL Team
- San Francisco 49ers
Talanoa Hufanga, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · USC. Talanoa Hufanga shows a high-volume tackler profile with 62.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 203
- TFL
- 16.5
- Sacks
- 6.5
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Talanoa Hufanga quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · S
- Career Tackles
- 203
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- UCLA
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Crescent Valley · USC
- High school pipeline
- George County · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 5 · Pick 36 · San Francisco 49ers
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 62 tackles · S 23rd (top 6%) · Pac-12 3rd (top 1%) · National 165th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 8 | 51 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 50.5 |
| 2019 Postseason | USC | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 71.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | USC | 10 | 76 | 5.5 | 2.5 | - | 3 | 0 | 71.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | USC | 6 | 62 | 5.5 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 82.4 |
Related Context
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Talanoa Hufanga played S for USC. Across 3 tracked seasons, Talanoa Hufanga recorded 203 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
USC paired 13.5 primary output with 62.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 62.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · USC
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
2.3
Efficiency
62.1
Usage
27.3
Consistency
70.9
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 0.5. Arizona: 1. Utah: 2. Washington State: 3. UCLA: 3. Oregon: 4
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. Arizona State: 10 by 46.7. Arizona: 4 by 26.7. Utah: 10 by 61.7. Washington State: 9 by 67.5. UCLA: 17 by 80. Oregon: 12 by 90
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.9 · Games = 5 · -2.1 vs Losses
Losses4 · Games = 1 · +2.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon
Best efficiency game
90 vs Oregon
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/19 | vs Oregon10+ tackles · 2+ sacks | L 24-31 | 12 | 10 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/13 | @ UCLA10+ tackles · Splash game | W 43-38 | 17 | 11 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mon 12/7 | vs Washington StateSplash game | W 38-13 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/22 | @ Utah10+ tackles · Splash game | W 33-17 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Arizona | W 34-30 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Arizona State10+ tackles | W 28-27 | 10 | 9 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Talanoa Hufanga story
Talanoa Hufanga built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a safety from Corvallis, OR wearing No. 15, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Talanoa Hufanga's career was his defensive production: 203 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with USC. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Talanoa Hufanga's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across USC.
The arc is straightforward: Talanoa Hufanga moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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USC
2018-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 7.5 | 35.9 | 8.3 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | USC | 14 | 47.3 | 12 | 6.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | USC | 14 | 47.3 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | USC | 13.5 | 62.1 | 27.3 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UCLA
Week 13 · W 52-35 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon
Week 16 · L 24-31 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Arizona State
Week 9 · L 35-38 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
93.6 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa
Week 1 · L 24-49 · Postseason
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#5
@ UCLA
Week 15 · W 43-38 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · USC
13.5 primary output · 62.1 efficiency · 27.3 usage
82.4
#2
2019 Postseason · USC
71.8
14 primary · 47.3 efficiency · 12 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · USC
71.8
14 primary · 47.3 efficiency · 12 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
9
Splash games
11
10+ tackle games
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