Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2025Utah State
Naki Fahina
DT • 5'11" • 295 lbs • Hawthorne, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Naki Fahina shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
67
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- UNLV • New Mexico State • Utah State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Player Story
Naki Fahina built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Hawthorne, CA, spending time with New Mexico State, UNLV, and Utah State. The clearest part of Naki Fahina's career was his...
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- Committed To
- UNLV
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Naki Fahina, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UNLV. Naki Fahina shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Naki Fahina quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah State · DT
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · UNLV
- Top game
- Nevada
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lawndale · UNLV
- High school pipeline
- Lawndale · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · DT 175th (top 76%) · Mountain West 275th (top 52%) · National 3,341st (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UNLV | 4 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UNLV | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UNLV | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 66.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UNLV | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 9 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 30.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah State | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32.3 |
Related Context
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Naki Fahina played DT for UNLV, New Mexico State, and Utah State. Across 7 tracked seasons, Naki Fahina recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
UNLV paired 2 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across UNLV, New Mexico State, Utah State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Utah State
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
19.6
Usage
4.8
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Texas A&M
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 1. McNeese: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Wins
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas A&M
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs McNeese
Player Story
Naki Fahina story
Naki Fahina built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Hawthorne, CA, spending time with New Mexico State, UNLV, and Utah State. The clearest part of Naki Fahina's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Naki Fahina's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
UNLV
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
New Mexico State
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Utah State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UNLV | 0.5 | 6.5 | 1.4 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 1 | 11.7 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UNLV | 5 | 20.8 | 6.7 | 4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UNLV | 2 | 24.2 | 22.5 | -3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 3 | 16.8 | 4.6 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah State | 1 | 19.6 | 4.8 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Nevada
Week 9 · L 20-51 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Wyoming
Week 13 · L 14-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Idaho State
Week 1 · W 52-21
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
vs Southeast Missouri State
Week 1 · W 23-16
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.
#5
vs San José State
Week 8 · L 20-27 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
58.1 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · UNLV
2 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 22.5 usage
66.1
#2
2021 Regular Season · UNLV
55.9
5 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · UNLV
38.2
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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