Player Dossier

2021-2025

North Texas

Fatafehi Vailea II

DL • 6'1" • 292 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Fatafehi Vailea II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Player Story

Fatafehi Vailea II built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 15, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Fatafehi Vailea II's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8237

Desert Pines · Las Vegas, NV

Committed To
North Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Fatafehi Vailea II, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · North Texas. Fatafehi Vailea II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
111
TFL
5
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Fatafehi Vailea II quick answers

Latest team and position
North Texas · DL
Career Tackles
111
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · North Texas
Top game
Texas State
Recruit profile
3-star · Desert Pines · North Texas
High school pipeline
Desert Pines · 33 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
15 tackles · DL 482nd (top 45%) · American Athletic 247th (top 39%) · National 2,429th (top 40%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Texas11370.50.5--013
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas9250.50.5-1017.4
2024 PostseasonNorth Texas1271.51.5--044.1
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Texas12272.512-044.1
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Texas315-0--048.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026North Texas to Oklahoma StateG5/FCS to P480.7Jan 5, 2026

Fatafehi Vailea II played DL for North Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Fatafehi Vailea II recorded 111 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

North Texas paired 0 primary output with 20.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Army

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · North Texas

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

20.8

Usage

2.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Army

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Washington State: 0. Army: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Washington State: 2 by 8.3. Army: 10 by 41.7

Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Army

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Army

Result
Sat 9/20@ Army10+ tacklesW 45-38102000
Sat 9/13vs Washington StateW 59-1020000
Sat 9/6@ Western MichiganW 33-3032000

Player Story

Fatafehi Vailea II story

Fatafehi Vailea II built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 15, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Fatafehi Vailea II's career was his defensive production: 111 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Fatafehi Vailea II's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    North Texas

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Texas0
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Texas114.92.71
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas213.831
2024 PostseasonNorth Texas8.518.95.66.5
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Texas8.518.95.60
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Texas020.82.9-8.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas State

Week 1 · L 28-30 · Postseason

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Navy

Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Tulsa

Week 5 · W 52-20 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#4

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 5 · W 45-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Memphis

Week 8 · L 44-52 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · North Texas

0 primary output · 20.8 efficiency · 2.9 usage

48.4

#2

2024 Postseason · North Texas

44.1

8.5 primary · 18.9 efficiency · 5.6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · North Texas

44.1

8.5 primary · 18.9 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

3

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games