Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-0vs Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#98
Dallas Vakalahi
Junior defensive tackle on Penn State's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 326 lb · West Valley, UT · West
Transferred Utah → Penn State for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
1 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, vs Marshall
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive tackle on Penn State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah in 2022.
- Transferred from Utah to Penn State in 2026.
Dallas Vakalahi
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Dallas Vakalahi has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt: 1 tackles against Marshall — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Utah3-star out of West
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: James Franklin, Terry Smith, and Matt Campbell. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Penn State
2025Utah
2026Penn State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced
2025Utah11-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy
2026Penn State2-0HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Utah | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Utah | 16 | 9 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 28 | 13 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
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
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 Elinneus Davis’s 2025 season.
Matches Elinneus on
Class year
Weight
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Eamon Smalls's sophomore season at UAB (2024).
Matches Eamon on
Class year
Height
Hurry rate
Player DNA
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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology