Senior defensive tackle on BYU's 2023 roster.
6′1″ · 315 lb · West Jordan, UT
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive tackle on BYU's roster.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 2868 nationally · Signed with BYU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonAtunaisa Mahe
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. 2 stars out of high school, four seasons of real snaps at BYU since. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Oklahoma, Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at BYU, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 30-21 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 41–16
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 14-0vs Sam Houston | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-16vs Southern Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-31@ Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-27vs Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-14vs Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-35@ Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31vs Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 34-40@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
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
12 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Atunaisa Mahe’s 2022 season.
Matches Atunaisa on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Rylen Sua-Filo's senior season at Western Kentucky (2025).
Matches Rylen on
Player DNA