Player Dossier

2023-2025

BYU

Ace Kaufusi

LB • 6'4" • 237 lbs • Kahuku, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ace Kaufusi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

2

Efficiency

9.2

Consistency

10

Season Value

9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Ace Kaufusi, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · BYU. Ace Kaufusi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

BYU paired 0 primary output with 13.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.2 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: Unknown

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · BYU

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

9.2

Usage

2

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

UCF

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. Stanford: 0. East Carolina: 0. Colorado: 1. West Virginia: 0. Arizona: 0. Utah: 0.5. Iowa State: 0. TCU: 0. UCF: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 14.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. East Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 0 by 10. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 4 by 16.7. Utah: 2 by 13.3. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3. TCU: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.2 · n=9
First Half0.4 · n=5 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.1 · n=5 · -0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · n=10

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Arizona

Result
Sat 11/29vs UCFW 41-2121000
Sun 11/16vs TCUW 44-1311000
Sat 10/25@ Iowa StateW 41-2722000
Sun 10/19vs UtahW 24-21200.5000
Sun 10/12@ ArizonaW 33-2741000
Sat 10/4vs West VirginiaW 38-2422000
Sun 9/28@ ColoradoW 24-2100001
Sat 9/20@ East CarolinaW 34-1310000
Sun 9/7vs StanfordW 27-311000
Sun 8/31vs Unknown11100

Career Arc

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

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    BYU

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBYU013.92.2
2024 Regular SeasonBYU04.20.90
2025 Regular SeasonBYU2.59.222.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#2

Colorado

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#3

Utah

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.4 takeover score.

#4

Oklahoma State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.

#5

Arizona

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · BYU

0 primary output · 13.9 efficiency · 2.2 usage

38.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · BYU

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · BYU

9

2.5 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8315

Kahuku · Kahuku, HI

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

28

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 15 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Ace Kaufusi quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
28