Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2023Michigan State
Ma'a Gaoteote
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ma'a Gaoteote shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Ma'a Gaoteote, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State. Ma'a Gaoteote shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 16
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Ma'a Gaoteote quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 16
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Bishop Gorman · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Bishop Gorman · 116 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Michigan State | 6 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 30.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan State | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 30.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Michigan State to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 10.6 | Apr 16, 2024 |
Ma'a Gaoteote played LB for Michigan State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ma'a Gaoteote recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 1 primary output with 8.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
8.7
Usage
1.5
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Akron: 1. Maryland: 0. Ohio State: 0. Illinois: 0. Indiana: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Akron: 2 by 18.3. Maryland: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Akron
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Akron
Career Arc
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Michigan State
2021-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Michigan State | 1 | 7.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 7.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 2 · W 52-0
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
50.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Western Kentucky
Week 5 · W 48-31
1
Havoc Plays
39.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Pittsburgh
Week 1 · W 31-21 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Ohio State
Week 12 · L 7-56 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Ohio State
Week 6 · L 20-49 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
5.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
1 primary output · 8.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage
32
#2
2021 Postseason · Michigan State
30.1
1 primary · 7.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Michigan State
30.1
1 primary · 7.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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