Player Dossier

2022-2025

Washington

Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei

DL • 6'4" • 280 lbs • Costa Mesa, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

60%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arizona • Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Player Story

Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Costa Mesa, CA wearing No. 11, spending time with Arizona and Washington. The clearest part of Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.837

Mater Dei · Santa Ana, CA

Committed To
Arizona
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Arizona. Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
85
TFL
15.5
Sacks
6.5
QB hurries
10
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · DL
Career Tackles
85
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Arizona
Top game
Oregon State
Recruit profile
3-star · Mater Dei · Arizona
High school pipeline
Mater Dei · 95 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
19 tackles · DL 397th (top 37%) · Big Ten 262nd (top 34%) · National 2,161st (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonArizona61411--014.8
2023 PostseasonArizona111-02-041.6
2023 Regular SeasonArizona11183.513-041.6
2024 Regular SeasonArizona123372.531069
2025 PostseasonWashington910.5021046.6
2025 Regular SeasonWashington9183.52--046.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Arizona to WashingtonP4 to P481.4Dec 21, 2024

Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei played DL for Arizona and Washington. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei recorded 85 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Arizona paired 13.5 primary output with 22.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona, Washington.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Washington

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

18.8

Usage

8.3

Consistency

31.5

Best Game by takeover score

Boise State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 3.5. Washington State: 0.5. Ohio State: 0. Maryland: 1. Rutgers: 2. Michigan: 2. Wisconsin: 0. UCLA: 0. Oregon: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boise State: 1 by 39.2. Washington State: 3 by 17.5. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Maryland: 2 by 18.3. Rutgers: 1 by 24.2. Michigan: 1 by 24.2. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. UCLA: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.4 · Games = 5 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boise State

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs Boise State

Result
Sun 12/14vs Boise StateSplash gameW 38-10100.5001
Sat 11/29vs OregonL 14-2620000
Sun 11/23@ UCLAW 48-1420000
Sat 11/8@ WisconsinL 10-1332000
Sat 10/18@ MichiganSplash gameL 7-2411110
Sat 10/11vs RutgersSplash gameW 38-1911110
Sat 10/4@ MarylandW 24-2022100
Sat 9/27vs Ohio StateL 6-2443000
Sat 9/20@ Washington StateW 59-24310.5000

Player Story

Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei story

Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Costa Mesa, CA wearing No. 11, spending time with Arizona and Washington. The clearest part of Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei's career was his defensive production: 85 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Arizona

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Washington

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonArizona213.13.1
2023 PostseasonArizona9.515.85.57.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona9.515.85.50
2024 Regular SeasonArizona13.522.710.44
2025 PostseasonWashington918.88.3-4.5
2025 Regular SeasonWashington918.88.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oregon State

Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Arizona State

Week 14 · L 7-49 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 64 Boise State

Week 1 · W 38-10 · Postseason

3.5

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#4

@ UCLA

Week 11 · W 34-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Kansas State

Week 3 · L 7-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Arizona

13.5 primary output · 22.7 efficiency · 10.4 usage

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#2

2025 Postseason · Washington

46.6

9 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 8.3 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Washington

46.6

9 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 8.3 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games