Player Dossier

2020-2022

Maryland

Ami Finau

DL • 6'2" • 320 lbs • Kahuku, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ami Finau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

61

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

40

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Maryland
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Player Story

Ami Finau built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Kahuku, HI wearing No. 54, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Ami Finau's career was his defensive production: 87...

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Ami Finau, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Maryland. Ami Finau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
87
TFL
13
Sacks
2

Quick Answers

Ami Finau quick answers

Latest team and position
Maryland · DL
Career Tackles
87
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Maryland
Top game
Rutgers
Latest roster
No. 54 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
29 tackles · DL 168th (top 18%) · Big Ten 136th (top 22%) · National 1,354th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland51831--042
2021 PostseasonMaryland112-0--044.5
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland113851--044.5
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland122950--038.1

Related Context

Ami Finau played DL for Maryland. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ami Finau recorded 87 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Maryland.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Maryland paired 6 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Maryland

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

23

Usage

6.1

Consistency

27.5

Best Game by takeover score

Rutgers

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 0. Minnesota: 0.5. Penn State: 0. Indiana: 0.5. Rutgers: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Minnesota: 3 by 17.5. Penn State: 3 by 12.5. Indiana: 4 by 21.7. Rutgers: 5 by 50.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 3 · +0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Rutgers

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs Rutgers

Result
Sat 12/12vs RutgersSplash gameL 24-2753210
Sat 11/28@ IndianaL 11-27400.5000
Sat 11/7@ Penn StateW 35-1930000
Fri 10/30vs MinnesotaW 45-44300.5000
Sat 10/24@ NorthwesternL 3-4331000

Player Story

Ami Finau story

Ami Finau built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Kahuku, HI wearing No. 54, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Ami Finau's career was his defensive production: 87 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Ami Finau's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Maryland

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland4236.1
2021 PostseasonMaryland620.65.82
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland620.65.80
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland514.24.9-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Rutgers

Week 15 · L 24-27 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Iowa

Week 5 · L 14-51 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Penn State

Week 11 · L 0-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan State

Week 11 · L 21-40 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Ohio State

Week 12 · L 30-43 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Maryland

6 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 5.8 usage

44.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · Maryland

44.5

6 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Maryland

42

4 primary · 23 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

3

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games