Junior defensive lineman on Washington's 2023 roster.
6′3″ · 317 lb · Honolulu, HI
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 83 nationally · Signed with Washington
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman on Washington's roster.
Faatui Tuitele
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Faatui Tuitele has been at Washington through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Washington State — Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Washington, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jimmy Lake → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
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
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Washington | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Washington | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Washington | 11 | 6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Washington | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 30 | 15 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023
W 36–33
vs Oregon
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out Oregon at home in a shootout.
With M. Penix Jr. — 302 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.2 · -5 rush yds (1 car) · G. Bernard — 14 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.9
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | W 36-33vs Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 15-7vs Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-33@ Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-42@ USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-28vs Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Washington State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Bowl | W 37-31vs Texas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jaquelin Roy’s 2022 season.
Matches Jaquelin on
Differs from Jaquelin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Caden Haws's junior season at BYU (2022).
Matches Caden on
Player DNA