Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017California
Tony Mekari
DT • 6'1" • 290 lbs • Westlake Village, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tony Mekari shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
Tony Mekari built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Westlake Village, CA wearing No. 97, spending time with California. The clearest part of Tony Mekari's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Tony Mekari, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · California. Tony Mekari shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 55
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Tony Mekari quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · DT
- Career Tackles
- 55
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- UCLA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Westlake · California
- High school pipeline
- Westlake · 16 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DT 110th (top 43%) · Pac-12 188th (top 36%) · National 1,983rd (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 11 | 35 | 4.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 44 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 25.1 |
Related Context
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Tony Mekari played DT for California. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tony Mekari recorded 55 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
California paired 5.5 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Weber State
Win 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 · California
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
11.3
Usage
2.9
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Weber State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 1. Weber State: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Oregon: 0. Washington: 0. Washington State: 0. Arizona: 0. Oregon State: 1. Stanford: 0. UCLA: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 2 by 18.3. Weber State: 6 by 35. Ole Miss: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 2 by 8.3. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Washington State: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 2 by 8.3. Oregon State: 1 by 14.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Weber State
Best efficiency game
35 vs Weber State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ UCLA | L 27-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Stanford | L 14-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Oregon State | W 37-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/22 | vs Arizona | L 44-45 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Washington State | W 37-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | @ Washington | L 7-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/1 | @ Oregon | L 24-45 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs Ole Miss | W 27-16 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Weber State | W 33-20 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ North Carolina | W 35-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tony Mekari story
Tony Mekari built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Westlake Village, CA wearing No. 97, spending time with California. The clearest part of Tony Mekari's career was his defensive production: 55 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Tony Mekari's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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California
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 5.5 | 18.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 3 | 11.3 | 2.9 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UCLA
Week 13 · W 36-10 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Weber State
Week 2 · W 33-20
1
Havoc Plays
66.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Oregon State
Week 10 · W 37-23 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#4
@ North Carolina
Week 1 · W 35-30
1
Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Oregon
Week 8 · W 52-49 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · California
5.5 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 5.1 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · California
25.1
3 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · California
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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