Player Dossier

2023-2025

BYU

Maika Kaufusi

LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Cottonwood Heights, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Maika Kaufusi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · BYU

23242525

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8333

Alta · Sandy, UT

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Maika Kaufusi, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · BYU. Maika Kaufusi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
2

Quick Answers

Maika Kaufusi quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · LB
Career Tackles
2
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 2 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · BYU
Top game
Georgia Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Alta · BYU
High school pipeline
Alta · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 34 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
2 tackles · LB 1,124th (top 89%) · Big 12 534th (top 73%) · National 4,661st (top 76%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonBYU00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonBYU00-0--0-
2025 PostseasonBYU21-0--036.8
2025 Regular SeasonBYU21-0--036.8

Related Context

Maika Kaufusi played LB for BYU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Maika Kaufusi recorded 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

BYU paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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: Georgia Tech

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · BYU

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 0. East Carolina: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Georgia Tech

Result
Sat 12/27vs Georgia TechW 25-2110000
Sat 9/20@ East CarolinaW 34-1311000

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    BYU

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBYU0
2024 Regular SeasonBYU00
2025 PostseasonBYU04.20.80
2025 Regular SeasonBYU04.20.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 35 Georgia Tech

Week 1 · W 25-21 · Postseason

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 38 East Carolina

Week 4 · W 34-13

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · BYU

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

36.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · BYU

36.8

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · BYU

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games