Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2012-2018BYU
Butch Pau'u
LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Anaheim, CA, USA
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Impact Production
66
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
78
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Butch Pau'u built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a linebacker from Anaheim, CA wearing No. 38, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Butch Pau'u's career was his defensive production: 179...
Read the storyButch 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 179
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Butch Pau'u quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 179
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · BYU
- Top game
- Arizona
- Latest roster
- No. 38 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · LB 529th (top 45%) · FBS Independents 80th (top 32%) · National 1,816th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | BYU | 10 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 70.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 10 | 72 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 70.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 11 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 4 | 22 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.4 |
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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.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
BYU paired 10.5 primary output with 42.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.5 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: Mississippi State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · BYU
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
33.5
Usage
7.8
Consistency
54.4
Best Game by takeover score
Mississippi State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 0. Utah: 1. Wisconsin: 1. Utah State: 1. Mississippi State: 1. East Carolina: 0. San José State: 0. Fresno State: 0. UNLV: 1. Massachusetts: 1. Hawai'i: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 8 by 33.3. Utah: 6 by 35. Wisconsin: 7 by 39.2. Utah State: 5 by 30.8. Mississippi State: 12 by 60. East Carolina: 7 by 29.2. San José State: 7 by 29.2. Fresno State: 11 by 45.8. UNLV: 6 by 35. Massachusetts: 4 by 26.7. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Mississippi State
Best efficiency game
60 vs Mississippi State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | @ Hawai'i | W 30-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Massachusetts | L 10-16 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ UNLV | W 31-21 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | @ Fresno State10+ tackles | L 13-20 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs San José State | W 41-20 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ East Carolina | L 17-33 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Mississippi State10+ tackles | L 10-35 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Utah State | L 24-40 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Wisconsin | L 6-40 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Utah | L 13-19 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | @ LSU | L 0-27 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Butch Pau'u story
Butch Pau'u built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a linebacker from Anaheim, CA wearing No. 38, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Butch Pau'u's career was his defensive production: 179 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with BYU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Butch Pau'u's production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across BYU.
The arc is straightforward: Butch Pau'u moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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BYU
2012-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | BYU | 10.5 | 42.2 | 12.2 | 10.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 10.5 | 42.2 | 12.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 6 | 33.5 | 7.8 | -4.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 0.5 | 24.2 | 6.3 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona
Week 1 · W 18-16
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
90.8 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Mississippi State
Week 7 · L 10-35
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Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#3
vs UCLA
Week 3 · L 14-17
2.5
Havoc Plays
82.1 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.1 takeover score.
#4
@ UNLV
Week 11 · W 31-21
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Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Massachusetts
Week 12 · L 10-16 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · BYU
10.5 primary output · 42.2 efficiency · 12.2 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · BYU
70.7
10.5 primary · 42.2 efficiency · 12.2 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · BYU
52.5
6 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 7.8 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
2
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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