Player Dossier

2019-2023

San Diego State

Samuela Tuihalamaka

DL • 6'1" • 290 lbs • Riverside, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Samuela Tuihalamaka shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.1

Efficiency

6.2

Consistency

6.7

Season Value

4.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Oklahoma State • San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Scouting Read

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Samuela Tuihalamaka, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Oklahoma State. Samuela Tuihalamaka shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.2 disruption score.

Samuela Tuihalamaka played DL for Oklahoma State and San Diego State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Samuela Tuihalamaka recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Oklahoma State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Oklahoma State paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma State, San Diego State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

6.2

Usage

2.1

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

San José State

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. UCLA: 0. Air Force: 0. Utah State: 0. San José 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. Unknown: 1 by 14.2. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. San José 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.

Losses0 · Games = 4
First Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.2 · Games = 5

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Unknown

Result
Sun 11/19@ San José StateL 13-2410000
Sat 11/4vs Utah StateL 24-3210000
Sun 10/1@ Air ForceL 10-4910000
Sat 9/9vs UCLAL 10-3510000
Sun 9/3vs Unknown11100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Oklahoma State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    San Diego State

    2023

    Final stop

Season Progression

201920192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonOklahoma State3.512.33.6
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma State3.512.33.60
2020 Regular SeasonOklahoma State08.31.8-3.5
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma State216.37.52
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma State513.783
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State16.22.1-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

West Virginia

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.

#2

Texas Tech

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#3

Kansas

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.5 takeover score.

#5

Kansas State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.8 usage

36.7

#2

2021 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

33.2

2 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

14.5

5 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8437

Mater Dei · Riverside, CA

Committed To
Oklahoma State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

52

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 28 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.