Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Nevada
Tongiaki Mateialona
LB • 6'1" • 232 lbs • Compton, CA, USA
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Tongiaki Mateialona shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Tongiaki Mateialona built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Compton, CA wearing No. 36, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Tongiaki Mateialona's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Nevada
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Tongiaki Mateialona, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nevada. Tongiaki Mateialona shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 168
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Tongiaki Mateialona quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · LB
- Career Tackles
- 168
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Compton Dominguez · Nevada
- High school pipeline
- Compton Dominguez · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 61 tackles · LB 216th (top 18%) · Mountain West 32nd (top 6%) · National 374th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Nevada | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nevada | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 12 | 53 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 11 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 34 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 9 | 61 | 9 | 1.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 73.7 |
Related Context
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Tongiaki Mateialona played LB for Nevada. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tongiaki Mateialona recorded 168 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Nevada paired 12.5 primary output with 42.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 42.1 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: SMU
Loss 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 · Nevada
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
42.1
Usage
15.1
Consistency
52.7
Best Game by takeover score
SMU
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Troy: 1. SMU: 3. Georgia Southern: 1.5. Minnesota: 1. Eastern Washington: 1. San José State: 2. Oregon State: 2. Air Force: 0. UNLV: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 7 by 39.2. SMU: 8 by 63.3. Georgia Southern: 7 by 44.2. Minnesota: 7 by 39.2. Eastern Washington: 7 by 39.2. San José State: 6 by 45. Oregon State: 6 by 45. Air Force: 4 by 16.7. UNLV: 9 by 47.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
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9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
SMU
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs SMU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ UNLV | L 14-38 | 9 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Air Force | L 19-22 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Oregon StateSplash game | W 42-37 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ San José StateSplash game | L 31-35 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Eastern Washington | W 49-16 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Minnesota | L 0-27 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Georgia Southern | L 17-20 | 7 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Troy | W 28-26 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/25 | vs SMUSplash game | L 24-29 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Tongiaki Mateialona story
Tongiaki Mateialona built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Compton, CA wearing No. 36, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Tongiaki Mateialona's career was his defensive production: 168 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Nevada. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tongiaki Mateialona's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nevada.
The arc is straightforward: Tongiaki Mateialona moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Nevada
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Nevada | 0 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 6.5 | 23.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 5 | 22.7 | 7.3 | -1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 12.5 | 42.1 | 15.1 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UNLV
Week 13 · L 22-27 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#2
vs SMU
Week 1 · L 24-29
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#3
@ USC
Week 1 · L 14-66
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa
Week 3 · L 0-27
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#5
vs Oregon State
Week 7 · W 42-37
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Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Nevada
12.5 primary output · 42.1 efficiency · 15.1 usage
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#2
2021 Postseason · Nevada
38.9
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Nevada
38.9
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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