Player Dossier

2019-2023

Notre Dame

Marist Liufau

LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Kalihi, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marist Liufau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

53%

Regular defensive contributor

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8869

Field Kindley · Coffeyville, KS

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00-0--0-
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame7610--022.3
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame7160.50.5--022.3
2021 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12493.50.521043.9
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame10426321059.4

Related Context

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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Game-by-Game Trend

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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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

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

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

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 gameW 56-23522.500.500
Sat 11/18vs Wake ForestW 45-710000
Sat 11/4@ ClemsonL 23-3143000
Sat 10/28vs PittsburghSplash gameW 58-711111
Sat 10/14vs USCSplash gameW 48-2042110
Sat 10/7@ LouisvilleL 20-3362000
Sat 9/30@ DukeW 21-14630.500.500
Sat 9/9@ NC StateSplash gameW 45-2452100
Sat 9/2vs Tennessee StateW 56-332000
Sat 8/26vs NavyW 42-374000

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

201920202020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame2165.72
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame2165.70
2021 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0-2
2022 Regular SeasonNotre Dame823.75.58
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1229.57.14

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

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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

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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