Dave Tolentino: DL · Navy · #97.
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Dave Tolentino
Wins the gap play after play. Third year in the same defensive front at Navy. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against South Florida — Week 8, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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
2019 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-35@ Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-25vs Air Force | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-3vs South Florida | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 41-38vs Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-10@ UConn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-52@ No. 16 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-28vs No. 21 SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
4%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries12 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 21-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
11.8%
101 pass / 758 run
Plays / game
66.1
13 games
Team sack rate
13.0%
123 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Navy — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
