Junior defensive tackle on Buffalo's 2020 roster.
6′2″ · 275 lb · Kihei, HI
The story
3 defensive tackle on Buffalo's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearAtunaisa Vainikolo
This is his second year in the same defensive front at Buffalo. The receipt: 2 tackles against Central Michigan — Week 9, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Buffalo, 5 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Lance Leipold — 18-9 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: 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
2019 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019
W 38–10
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 28-point win at home against Robert Morris.
With M. Myers — 69 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.4 · 47 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · J. Patterson — 90 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs Robert Morris | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-21vs Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 43-20vs Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |