#99

Amipeleasi Langi Jr.

Senior defensive tackle for Texas State. 2025: 1 sack, 6.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

DT · Texas State · Sr. · #99

6′6″ · 312 lb · Lihue, HI

CFB Index 53 · #150 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Texas State for 2026

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

Tackles for loss: 87th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sack · 2025

6.5 TFL · 20 tackles · 3 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 2.5 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Troy

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Texas State. 2025: 1 sack, 6.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Houston in 2022.

His career, year by year

Amipeleasi Langi Jr.

DT · Texas State · Sr · #99

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Amipeleasi Langi Jr. has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Southern Miss — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

2025Texas State7-6HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

53Rotational starter #150 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#340 / 2975 · 87th pct

6.5

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct

Tackles#1998 / 2975 · 32nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #150 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #150 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #11 of 15 Sun Belt DTs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Texas State	20	11	6.5	1.0	--	--	--
2024	Texas State	3	1	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Houston	1	--	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		24	12	7.5	1.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 43–36

at UTSA

0 TFL · 2 SOLO · 4 TOT

Edged out UTSA on the road in a shootout.

With B. Jackson — 286 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.2 · 34 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · D. Nunez — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 43-36@ UTSA	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 4	W 35-3vs Nicholls	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 30-31@ Arkansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 41-48vs Troy	3	2	2.5	1.0	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 8	L 37-40@ Marshall	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 39-42@ Louisiana	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 41-14@ Southern Miss	4	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-14vs UL Monroe	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 49-26vs South Alabama	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 41-10vs Rice	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Total		20	11	6.5	1.0	—

How he plays

Play style

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

20Tackles

11Solo

6.5TFL

1Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.

Week 71 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Texas State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Texas State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -3 net (18 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Texas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #82 · 2026 recruiting class #74

DNA match

Player DNA

Nose Anchor

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nate Becker’s 2025 season.

Nate Becker

73%match

Minnesota · 2025

Deandre Jules

Pittsburgh · 2023

69%

James Thompson Jr.

Wisconsin · 2022

68%

Darius Alexander

Toledo · 2022

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 1

66%

Kevin Jobity Jr.

Syracuse · 2024

65%

Matches Nate on

Class year

TFL rate

Weight

Differs from Nate on

Hurry rate (higher)

Sack rate (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kevin Jobity Jr.'s junior season at Syracuse (2024).

Kevin Jobity Jr.

73%match

Syracuse · 2024

Tiaoalil Savea

Arizona · 2023

68%

Darius Alexander

Toledo · 2022

All-MACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 1

67%

Jonah Laulu

Oklahoma · 2022

NFL Rd 7

66%

Keanu Tanuvasa

Utah · 2024

64%

Matches Kevin on

Class year

TFL rate

Weight

Differs from Kevin on

Height (higher)

Hurry rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Amipeleasi Langi Jr.

Nate Becker

Minnesota · 2025

73%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology