Player Career

Tiaoalii Savea Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Tiaoalii Savea story

Tiaoalii Savea built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 97, spending time with Arizona, Texas, and UCLA. The clearest part of Tiaoalii Savea's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Tiaoalii Savea'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. 1

    UCLA

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona

    2022-2025

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Texas

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonUCLA314.83.6—
2022 Regular SeasonArizona2.513.94.1-0.5
2023 PostseasonArizona1018.86.37.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona1018.86.30
2024 PostseasonTexas18.92-9
2024 Regular SeasonTexas18.920
2025 Regular SeasonArizona5.5204.84.5

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Texas to ArizonaP4 to P480Jan 15, 2025
2024Arizona to TexasP4 to P482.8Jan 19, 2024
2022UCLA to ArizonaP4 to P482.8Jan 7, 2022

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Washington

Week 5 · L 24-31 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

Game stats

#2

@ California

Week 4 · L 31-49 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

Game stats

#3

vs No. 121 Oklahoma State

Week 6 · W 41-13 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

Game stats

#4

vs California

Week 13 · W 42-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

56.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.

Game stats

#5

@ Arizona

Week 6 · W 34-16 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

Game stats

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Arizona

10 primary output · 18.8 efficiency · 6.3 usage

58.6

#2

2023 Regular Season · Arizona

58.6

10 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Arizona

42.4

5.5 primary · 20 efficiency · 4.8 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

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