Usage / Role
3%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Buffalo
Atunaisa Vainikolo
DT • 6'2" • 275 lbs • Kihei, HI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Atunaisa Vainikolo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Atunaisa Vainikolo, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Buffalo. Atunaisa Vainikolo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 5
- TFL
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Atunaisa Vainikolo quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · DT
- Career Tackles
- 5
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Kent State
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Buffalo | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
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Atunaisa Vainikolo played DT for Buffalo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Atunaisa Vainikolo recorded 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 0.5 primary output with 9.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
5.6
Usage
1
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Central Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Robert Morris: 0. Ohio: 0. Central Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Robert Morris: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Central Michigan
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Central Michigan
Career Arc
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- 1
Buffalo
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0.5 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 5.6 | 1 | -0.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 11 · W 48-14 · Conference game
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5
Havoc Plays
28.9 takeover
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Central Michigan
Week 9 · W 43-20 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Robert Morris
Week 1 · W 38-10
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Ohio
Week 6 · L 20-21 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Buffalo
0.5 primary output · 9.2 efficiency · 3.3 usage
46.7
#2
2019 Regular Season · Buffalo
38.1
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Buffalo
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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