#22

Eteva Mauga-Clements

Senior linebacker for Nebraska. 2022: 40 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Nebraska · Sr. · #22

6′1″ · 220 lb · Pleasant Hill, CA

CFB Index 30 · #434 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceNebraska 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 37 nationally · Joined Nebraska

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Nebraska. 2022: 40 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nebraska in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Nebraska, 46 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Nebraska3-star out of Diablo Valley College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#37 national

CFB

College

Nebraska

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches

2020–2021

Scott Frost

Nebraska

2022

Mickey Joseph

Nebraska

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Mickey Joseph. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Nebraska3-5HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2021Nebraska3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2022Nebraska4-8HC: Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #434 of 548?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#842 / 2755 · 69th pct

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1175 / 2755 · 55th pct

2.5

Solo tackles#1337 / 2755 · 50th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th pct

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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.4	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #434 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #434 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Nebraska	40	16	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Nebraska	5	3	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
2020	Nebraska	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		46	20	4.0	1.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 24–17

at Iowa

7 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With C. Thompson — 278 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.5 · -15 rush yds (5 car) · B. Buschini — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 28-31@ Northwestern	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 1	W 38-17vs North Dakota	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 14-49vs Oklahoma	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 35-21vs Indiana	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 14-13@ Rutgers	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 37-43@ Purdue	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 9-26vs Illinois	6	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 13-20vs Minnesota	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 3-34@ Michigan	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 14-15vs Wisconsin	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 24-17@ Iowa	7	6	2.0	1.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Total		40	16	2.5	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Eteva Mauga-Clements

2020

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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