Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Texas
Liona Lefau
LB • 6'1" • 227 lbs • Laie, HI, USA
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Liona Lefau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Player Story
Liona Lefau built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Laie, HI wearing No. 18, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Liona Lefau's career was his defensive production: 137 tackles,...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Liona Lefau, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Texas. Liona Lefau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 137
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 5
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Liona Lefau quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 137
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Texas
- Top game
- UL Monroe
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Kahuku · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Kahuku · 81 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 68 tackles · LB 180th (top 15%) · SEC 37th (top 5%) · National 298th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2024 Postseason | Texas | 16 | 17 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 45.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas | 16 | 46 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 45.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 12 | 68 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | 35.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Liona Lefau played LB for Texas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Liona Lefau recorded 137 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Texas paired 10 primary output with 22.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Texas
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
27.8
Usage
5.9
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 1. San José State: 1. UTEP: 1. Sam Houston: 0. Florida: 0. Oklahoma: 1. Kentucky: 0. Mississippi State: 1. Vanderbilt: 0. Georgia: 0. Arkansas: 0. Texas A&M: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 9 by 47.5. San José State: 4 by 26.7. UTEP: 7 by 39.2. Sam Houston: 4 by 16.7. Florida: 5 by 20.8. Oklahoma: 4 by 26.7. Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. Mississippi State: 9 by 47.5. Vanderbilt: 4 by 16.7. Georgia: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas: 4 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 11 by 45.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ohio State
Best efficiency game
47.5 vs Mississippi State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Texas A&M10+ tackles | W 27-17 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Arkansas | W 52-37 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Georgia | L 10-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Vanderbilt | W 34-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Mississippi State | W 45-38 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Kentucky | W 16-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Oklahoma | W 23-6 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Florida | L 21-29 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | vs Sam Houston | W 55-0 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs UTEP | W 27-10 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs San José State | W 38-7 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Ohio State | L 7-14 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Liona Lefau story
Liona Lefau built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Laie, HI wearing No. 18, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Liona Lefau's career was his defensive production: 137 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Texas. 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 Liona Lefau's production has multiple signals. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Liona Lefau 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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Texas
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Texas | 10 | 22.7 | 5.2 | 10 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas | 10 | 22.7 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 5 | 27.8 | 5.9 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UL Monroe
Week 4 · W 51-3
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 2 Ohio State
Week 1 · L 7-14 · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 129 UTEP
Week 3 · W 27-10
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Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 58 Mississippi State
Week 9 · W 45-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 118 San José State
Week 2 · W 38-7
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Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Texas
10 primary output · 22.7 efficiency · 5.2 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Texas
45.2
10 primary · 22.7 efficiency · 5.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Texas
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0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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