Player Dossier

2012-2018

BYU

Butch Pau'u

LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Anaheim, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Butch Pau'u shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.3

Efficiency

24.2

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

10.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Scouting Read

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Butch Pau'u, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · BYU. Butch Pau'u shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Butch Pau'u played LB for BYU. Across 7 tracked seasons, Butch Pau'u recorded 179 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with BYU.

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Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

BYU paired 10.5 primary output with 42.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Washington

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · BYU

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

24.2

Usage

6.3

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Washington

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 0. California: 0. Washington: 0.5. Utah State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 7 by 29.2. California: 5 by 20.8. Washington: 7 by 34.2. Utah State: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Washington

Best efficiency game

34.2 vs Washington

Result
Sat 10/6vs Utah StateL 20-4533—00—0——
Sun 9/30@ WashingtonL 7-3573—0.500—0——
Sun 9/9vs CaliforniaL 18-2154—00—0——
Sun 9/2@ ArizonaW 28-2377—00—0——

Career Arc

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

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    BYU

    2012-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonBYU0———
2013 Regular SeasonBYU0——0
2014 Regular SeasonBYU0——0
2015 Regular SeasonBYU0——0
2016 PostseasonBYU10.542.212.210.5
2016 Regular SeasonBYU10.542.212.20
2017 Regular SeasonBYU633.57.8-4.5
2018 Regular SeasonBYU0.524.26.3-5.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Arizona

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Primary metric

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.5 takeover score.

#2

Mississippi State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

#3

UCLA

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.1 takeover score.

#4

UNLV

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

#5

Wisconsin

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · BYU

10.5 primary output · 42.2 efficiency · 12.2 usage

48.7

#2

2016 Regular Season · BYU

48.7

10.5 primary · 42.2 efficiency · 12.2 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · BYU

38.2

6 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 7.8 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

179

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 25 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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