Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Western Kentucky
Mackavelli Malotumau
DL • 6'1" • 295 lbs • Oceanside, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mackavelli Malotumau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Nevada • Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Player Story
Mackavelli Malotumau built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Oceanside, CA, spending time with Nevada and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Mackavelli Malotumau's career was...
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- Committed To
- Utah Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Mackavelli Malotumau, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Mackavelli Malotumau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 58
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 7
Quick Answers
Mackavelli Malotumau quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · DL
- Career Tackles
- 58
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- San Diego State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · El Camino · Utah Tech
- High school pipeline
- El Camino · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DL 119th (top 12%) · Conference USA 105th (top 20%) · National 1,242nd (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 31.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 7 | 14 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 10.7 |
| 2025 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 64.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 12 | 30 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 64.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nevada to Western Kentucky | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 21.2 | Jan 11, 2025 |
| 2023 | Unlisted to Nevada | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 21.2 | Dec 5, 2022 |
Mackavelli Malotumau played DL for Nevada and Western Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Mackavelli Malotumau recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Western Kentucky paired 12.5 primary output with 21.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 21.9 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 Nevada, Western Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
21.9
Usage
8.3
Consistency
68.2
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 1. North Alabama: 1. Sam Houston: 1.5. Toledo: 1. Nevada: 0. Missouri State: 1. Delaware: 1.5. Florida International: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1.5. New Mexico State: 2. Middle Tennessee: 2. LSU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 3 by 22.5. North Alabama: 2 by 18.3. Sam Houston: 4 by 31.7. Toledo: 3 by 22.5. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. Missouri State: 2 by 18.3. Delaware: 2 by 23.3. Florida International: 4 by 16.7. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 35.8. New Mexico State: 2 by 28.3. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 28.3. LSU: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 9 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
35.8 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/23 | @ Southern Miss | W 27-16 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ LSU | L 10-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 42-26 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs New Mexico StateSplash game | W 35-16 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/21 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 28-27 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | vs Florida International | L 6-25 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/3 | @ Delaware | W 27-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Missouri State | W 27-22 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Nevada | W 31-16 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Toledo | L 21-45 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs North Alabama | W 55-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Sam Houston | W 41-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Mackavelli Malotumau story
Mackavelli Malotumau built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Oceanside, CA, spending time with Nevada and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Mackavelli Malotumau's career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Mackavelli Malotumau's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Nevada
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Western Kentucky
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 4 | 14.3 | 8.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 1 | 9.8 | 2.4 | -3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 12.5 | 21.9 | 8.3 | 11.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 12.5 | 21.9 | 8.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ San Diego State
Week 8 · W 6-0 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 12 · W 42-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 123 New Mexico State
Week 10 · W 35-16 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 77 Louisiana Tech
Week 9 · W 28-27 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Utah State
Week 11 · L 24-41 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
12.5 primary output · 21.9 efficiency · 8.3 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
64.8
12.5 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Nevada
31.9
4 primary · 14.3 efficiency · 8.4 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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