Eric Takenaka: DB · BYU · #33.
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Eric Takenaka
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in two seasons at BYU. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against West Virginia, Week 4, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes 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
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 19-20@ Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-17vs UCLA | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 32-35vs West Virginia | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 55-53vs Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-21vs Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-28@ No. 14 Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-3@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-7vs Southern Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 51-9vs Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-21vs Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 4 · 2016
L 32-35
vs West Virginia · neutral site
0.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%0 TFL19 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
43.3%
408 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
72.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
425 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at BYU, 19 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Kalani Sitake. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
