Alden Tofa: DL · BYU · #51.
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Alden Tofa
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Five seasons in the BYU defensive front to date. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Arkansas — Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-21@ South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-41@ No. 25 Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-24vs Wyoming | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-26vs Utah State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-28vs Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-52vs Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 14-41@ Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-28@ Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-26vs Utah Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-26@ Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-23vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 7 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Bowl · 2022
W 24-23
vs SMU · neutral site
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
A close one, won by 1 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
21%4 TFLSack rate
12%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries17 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
5 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 43-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
47.8%
391 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
62.9
13 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
414 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at BYU, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
