Usage / Role
66%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2022San Diego State
Jonah Tavai
DL • 6'0" • 290 lbs • Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jonah Tavai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
71
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · San Diego State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- San Diego State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
Player Story
Jonah Tavai built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Manhattan Beach, CA wearing No. 66, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Jonah Tavai's career was his...
Read the storyJonah Tavai, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · San Diego State. Jonah Tavai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 147
- TFL
- 37.5
- Sacks
- 25.5
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jonah Tavai quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San Diego State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 147
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · San Diego State
- Top game
- Boise State
- Latest roster
- No. 66 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 58 tackles · DL 7th (top 1%) · Mountain West 33rd (top 7%) · National 407th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Postseason | San Diego State | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16 |
| 2019 Regular Season | San Diego State | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 16 |
| 2020 Regular Season | San Diego State | 8 | 27 | 7.5 | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | 57.1 |
| 2021 Postseason | San Diego State | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 60.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | San Diego State | 14 | 41 | 12 | 7.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.3 |
| 2022 Postseason | San Diego State | 13 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 74.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | San Diego State | 13 | 56 | 12.5 | 9 | 5 | - | 0 | 74.3 |
Related Context
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Jonah Tavai played DL for San Diego State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jonah Tavai recorded 147 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with San Diego State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
San Diego State paired 29.5 primary output with 40.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 32.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · San Diego State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
32.2
Usage
10.3
Consistency
61.6
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 2. Utah State: 0. San José State: 1. Hawai'i: 4.5. Nevada: 0.5. Colorado: 1.5. Colorado State: 2. BYU: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 1 by 24.2. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 1 by 14.2. Hawai'i: 5 by 65.8. Nevada: 3 by 17.5. Colorado: 6 by 40. Colorado State: 7 by 49.2. BYU: 3 by 42.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2.1 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
65.8 vs Hawai'i
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/13 | @ BYUSplash game | L 14-28 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/6 | vs Colorado StateSplash game | W 29-17 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Colorado | L 10-20 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Nevada | L 21-26 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Hawai'i2+ sacks · Splash game | W 34-10 | 5 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs San José State | L 17-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/1 | @ Utah State | W 38-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/25 | vs UNLVSplash game | W 34-6 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jonah Tavai story
Jonah Tavai built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Manhattan Beach, CA wearing No. 66, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Jonah Tavai's career was his defensive production: 147 tackles, 37.5 tackles for loss, 25.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Jonah Tavai's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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San Diego State
2017-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | San Diego State | 3.5 | 10.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | San Diego State | 3.5 | 10.8 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | San Diego State | 14.5 | 32.2 | 10.3 | 11 |
| 2021 Postseason | San Diego State | 25.5 | 29.7 | 10.3 | 11 |
| 2021 Regular Season | San Diego State | 25.5 | 29.7 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | San Diego State | 29.5 | 40.5 | 14.6 | 4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | San Diego State | 29.5 | 40.5 | 14.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Boise State
Week 13 · W 27-16 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
8.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
8.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Hawai'i
Week 11 · W 34-10 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#3
vs San José State
Week 11 · W 43-27 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Fresno State
Week 9 · L 28-32 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Nevada
Week 8 · W 23-7 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
74.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · San Diego State
29.5 primary output · 40.5 efficiency · 14.6 usage
74.3
#2
2022 Regular Season · San Diego State
74.3
29.5 primary · 40.5 efficiency · 14.6 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · San Diego State
60.3
25.5 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 10.3 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
19
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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