Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Utah
Junior Tafuna
DT • 6'3" • 308 lbs • Taylorsville, UT, USA
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Junior Tafuna shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
60
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
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Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Utah
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Junior Tafuna built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Taylorsville, UT wearing No. 58, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Junior Tafuna's career was his defensive...
Read the storyJunior Tafuna, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah. Junior Tafuna shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Junior Tafuna quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah · DT
- Career Tackles
- 108
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Utah
- Top game
- Arizona
- Latest roster
- No. 58 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DT 42nd (top 18%) · Big 12 158th (top 23%) · National 1,362nd (top 23%)
Junior Tafuna played DT for Utah. Across 5 tracked seasons, Junior Tafuna recorded 108 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Utah.
Recognition
Honors
- 20242024 All-Big 12 · official_conference_selectionhonorable mention
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