Player Dossier

2018-2022

Hawai'i

Blessman Ta'ala

DL • 6'2" • 305 lbs • Aua, American Samoa

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Blessman Ta'ala shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

75%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

82

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

63

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Hawai'i
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Player Story

Blessman Ta'ala built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Aua wearing No. 55, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of Blessman Ta'ala's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8094

Faga'itua · Pago Pago, AS

Committed To
Hawai'i
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Blessman Ta'ala, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i. Blessman Ta'ala shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
133
TFL
20
Sacks
4
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Blessman Ta'ala quick answers

Latest team and position
Hawai'i · DL
Career Tackles
133
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 52 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i
Top game
Fresno State
Recruit profile
3-star · Faga'itua · Hawai'i
High school pipeline
Faga'itua · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 55 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
40 tackles · DL 63rd (top 7%) · Mountain West 81st (top 16%) · National 845th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonHawai'i12610--031.7
2018 Regular SeasonHawai'i12232.502-031.7
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i12193.51-2031.2
2020 PostseasonHawai'i62-0--027.8
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i6131.501-027.8
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i10306111050.7
2022 Regular SeasonHawai'i12405.522-061.8

Related Context

Blessman Ta'ala played DL for Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, Blessman Ta'ala recorded 133 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Hawai'i.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Hawai'i paired 9.5 primary output with 21.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duquesne

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · Hawai'i

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14.7

Usage

4.8

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Duquesne

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 1. Navy: 0. Colorado State: 0. Rice: 1. Army: 0.5. Duquesne: 2. Wyoming: 0. BYU: 0. Nevada: 0. Fresno State: 0. UNLV: 1. San Diego State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 35. Navy: 3 by 12.5. Colorado State: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 3 by 22.5. Army: 1 by 9.2. Duquesne: 2 by 28.3. Wyoming: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 4 by 26.7. San Diego State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Duquesne

Best efficiency game

35 vs Louisiana Tech

Result
Sun 12/23@ Louisiana TechL 14-3163100
Sun 11/25@ San Diego StateW 31-3022000
Sun 11/18vs UNLVW 35-2842000
Sun 10/28@ Fresno StateL 20-5011000
Sun 10/21vs NevadaL 22-4022000
Sun 10/14@ BYUL 23-4911000
Sun 10/7vs WyomingW 17-1331000
Sun 9/23vs DuquesneSplash gameW 42-2121100
Sat 9/15@ ArmyL 21-28100.5000
Sun 9/9vs RiceW 43-2932100
Sun 9/2vs NavyW 59-4131000
Sat 8/25@ Colorado StateW 43-3410000

Player Story

Blessman Ta'ala story

Blessman Ta'ala built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Aua wearing No. 55, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of Blessman Ta'ala's career was his defensive production: 133 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 52 career games in the available record. That gives Blessman Ta'ala's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Hawai'i

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201820192020202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonHawai'i5.514.74.8
2018 Regular SeasonHawai'i5.514.74.80
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i6.5123.61
2020 PostseasonHawai'i2.514.64.1-4
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i2.514.64.10
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i921.56.16.5
2022 Regular SeasonHawai'i9.521.88.20.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Fresno State

Week 5 · W 27-24 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Utah State

Week 11 · L 34-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#3

@ New Mexico

Week 9 · W 45-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan

Week 2 · L 10-56

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Duquesne

Week 4 · W 42-21

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i

9.5 primary output · 21.8 efficiency · 8.2 usage

61.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i

50.7

9 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Hawai'i

31.7

5.5 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 4.8 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games