Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Notre Dame
Marist Liufau
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Kalihi, HI, USA
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Marist Liufau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
65
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
88
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Marist Liufau built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Kalihi, HI wearing No. 8, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Marist Liufau's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Missouri
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 24
- Overall
- No. 87
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Marist Liufau, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Marist Liufau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 113
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Marist Liufau quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · LB
- Career Tackles
- 113
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Field Kindley · Missouri
- High school pipeline
- Field Kindley · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 3 · Pick 24 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · LB 339th (top 28%) · FBS Independents 21st (top 11%) · National 820th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Postseason | Notre Dame | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 7 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 22.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 49 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59.4 |
Related Context
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Marist Liufau played LB for Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marist Liufau recorded 113 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Notre Dame paired 12 primary output with 29.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
29.5
Usage
7.1
Consistency
48.7
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee State: 1. Navy: 0. NC State: 2. Duke: 1. Louisville: 0. USC: 2. Pittsburgh: 3. Clemson: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Stanford: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee State: 3 by 22.5. Navy: 7 by 29.2. NC State: 5 by 40.8. Duke: 6 by 35. Louisville: 6 by 25. USC: 4 by 36.7. Pittsburgh: 1 by 34.2. Clemson: 4 by 16.7. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 5 by 50.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 8 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | @ StanfordSplash game | W 56-23 | 5 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Wake Forest | W 45-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Clemson | L 23-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs PittsburghSplash game | W 58-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs USCSplash game | W 48-20 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Louisville | L 20-33 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Duke | W 21-14 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ NC StateSplash game | W 45-24 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Tennessee State | W 56-3 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/26 | vs Navy | W 42-3 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marist Liufau story
Marist Liufau built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Kalihi, HI wearing No. 8, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Marist Liufau's career was his defensive production: 113 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Marist Liufau's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Notre Dame | 2 | 16 | 5.7 | 2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 2 | 16 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 8 | 23.7 | 5.5 | 8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 29.5 | 7.1 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 8 · W 44-21
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Stanford
Week 13 · W 56-23
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Alabama
Week 1 · L 14-31 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Pittsburgh
Week 9 · W 58-7
3
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#5
@ NC State
Week 2 · W 45-24
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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
2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame
12 primary output · 29.5 efficiency · 7.1 usage
59.4
#2
2022 Regular Season · Notre Dame
43.9
8 primary · 23.7 efficiency · 5.5 usage
#3
2020 Postseason · Notre Dame
22.3
2 primary · 16 efficiency · 5.7 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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