Player Dossier

2013-2016

UNLV

Tau Lotulelei

LB • 6'1" • Kihei, HI, USA

High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence

Tau Lotulelei shows a high-volume tackler profile with 58.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

19.2

Efficiency

58.8

Consistency

64.6

Season Value

60.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

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.

Tau Lotulelei, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UNLV. Tau Lotulelei shows a high-volume tackler profile with 58.8 disruption score.

Tau Lotulelei played LB for UNLV. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tau Lotulelei recorded 117 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

UNLV paired 23 primary output with 58.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 58.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Loss with 3.5 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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2016 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.9

Efficiency

58.8

Usage

19.2

Consistency

64.6

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jackson State: 0. UCLA: 0. Central Michigan: 1. Idaho: 0.5. Fresno State: 3. San Diego State: 3.5. Hawai'i: 1.5. Colorado State: 3.5. San José State: 2.5. Wyoming: 2.5. Boise State: 2. Nevada: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jackson State: 6 by 25. UCLA: 5 by 20.8. Central Michigan: 7 by 39.2. Idaho: 15 by 55. Fresno State: 10 by 71.7. San Diego State: 11 by 80.8. Hawai'i: 7 by 44.2. Colorado State: 11 by 80.8. San José State: 12 by 75. Wyoming: 12 by 75. Boise State: 11 by 65.8. Nevada: 10 by 71.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.8 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colorado State

Best efficiency game

80.8 vs Colorado State

Result
Sat 11/26vs Nevada10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-45103111
Sat 11/19@ Boise State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 25-42119110
Sat 11/12vs Wyoming10+ tackles · Splash gameW 69-661261.5001
Sun 10/30@ San José State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-301251.5001
Sat 10/22vs Colorado State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 23-421173.5000
Sun 10/16@ Hawai'iW 41-38751.5000
Sun 10/9@ San Diego State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 7-2611430.500
Sun 10/2vs Fresno State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 45-20106210
Sun 9/25vs Idaho10+ tacklesL 30-331550.5000
Sat 9/17@ Central MichiganL 21-4476100
Sun 9/11@ UCLAL 21-4253000
Fri 9/2vs Jackson StateW 63-1363000

Career Arc

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    UNLV

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonUNLV0
2014 Regular SeasonUNLV00
2015 Regular SeasonUNLV00
2016 Regular SeasonUNLV2358.819.223

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Colorado State

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Primary metric

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

#2

San Diego State

3.5

Primary metric

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.

#3

Fresno State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 61 takeover score.

#4

Nevada

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.9 takeover score.

#5

Wyoming

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · UNLV

23 primary output · 58.8 efficiency · 19.2 usage

60.6

#2

2013 Regular Season · UNLV

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · UNLV

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

7

Splash games

8

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

4

Seasons tracked

117

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 12 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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