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Player Dossier
2021-2024UCLA
Jay Toia
DL • 6'3" • 325 lbs • Inglewood, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jay Toia shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Jay Toia built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Inglewood, CA wearing No. 93, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Jay Toia's career was his defensive production: 81...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 1
- Overall
- No. 217
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Jay Toia, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA. Jay Toia shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 81
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Jay Toia quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · DL
- Career Tackles
- 81
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Grace Brethren · USC
- High school pipeline
- Grace Brethren · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 7 · Pick 1 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 93 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DL 244th (top 24%) · Big Ten 223rd (top 28%) · National 1,675th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 3 | 8 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 13.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 26 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Jay Toia played DL for UCLA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jay Toia recorded 81 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
UCLA paired 7 primary output with 15.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
15.8
Usage
4.7
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 0. LSU: 1.5. Oregon: 0. Penn State: 0. Minnesota: 1. Rutgers: 0. Nebraska: 3. Iowa: 0.5. Washington: 0. USC: 1. Fresno State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. LSU: 5 by 35.8. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 1 by 14.2. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 3 by 42.5. Iowa: 4 by 21.7. Washington: 1 by 4.2. USC: 3 by 22.5. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Fresno State | W 20-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs USC | L 13-19 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Washington | L 19-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Iowa | W 20-17 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ NebraskaSplash game | W 27-20 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Rutgers | W 35-32 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/13 | vs Minnesota | L 17-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Penn State | L 11-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | vs Oregon | L 13-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ LSU | L 17-34 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Hawai'i | W 16-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jay Toia story
Jay Toia built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Inglewood, CA wearing No. 93, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Jay Toia's career was his defensive production: 81 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Jay Toia's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
UCLA
2021-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 1 | 14.5 | 1.8 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCLA | 4 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 6 | 14.7 | 3.1 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 6 | 14.7 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 7 | 15.8 | 4.7 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona
Week 10 · L 10-27 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs Arizona
Week 11 · L 28-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Nebraska
Week 10 · W 27-20 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
@ LSU
Week 4 · L 17-34
1.5
Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Colorado
Week 11 · W 44-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · UCLA
7 primary output · 15.8 efficiency · 4.7 usage
41.7
#2
2023 Postseason · UCLA
34.4
6 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 3.1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · UCLA
34.4
6 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 3.1 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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