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 12.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

23

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Portland State

Ace Kaufusi, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · BYU. Ace Kaufusi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
28
TFL
1.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Ace Kaufusi quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · LB
Career Tackles
28
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · BYU
Top game
Portland State
High school pipeline
Kahuku · 81 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
16 tackles · LB 633rd (top 50%) · Big 12 272nd (top 38%) · National 2,308th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonBYU310-0--044
2024 Regular SeasonBYU22-0--037.1
2025 Regular SeasonBYU10161.5031036.9

Related Context

Ace Kaufusi played LB for BYU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ace Kaufusi recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

BYU paired 0 primary output with 13.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · BYU

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

13.9

Usage

2.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kansas: 0. Iowa State: 0. Oklahoma State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma State: 7 by 29.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

29.2 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sat 11/25@ Oklahoma StateL 34-4075000
Sun 11/12vs Iowa StateL 13-4521000
Sat 9/23@ KansasL 27-3811000

Career Arc

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

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    BYU

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBYU013.92.2
2024 Regular SeasonBYU04.20.90
2025 Regular SeasonBYU5.512.22.75.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Portland State

Week 1 · W 69-0

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 76 UCF

Week 14 · W 41-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

30.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Oklahoma State

Week 13 · L 34-40 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

21.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 21.1 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 8 Utah

Week 8 · W 24-21 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

0.5

Havoc Plays

18.6 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 18.6 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 96 Colorado

Week 5 · W 24-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

14.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 14.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · BYU

0 primary output · 13.9 efficiency · 2.2 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · BYU

37.1

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · BYU

36.9

5.5 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games