CFB Zeitgeist Score
81
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by tackles for loss at the 91st percentile.
Faletau Satuala
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
79 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to BYU for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · BYU
Returning around him
- 87% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 2 BYU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -4 net (9 in / 13 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
BYU · Last season: 12-2 (AP #12) · Talent rank #70 · 2026 recruiting class #55
S · BYU · BIG 12
Faletau Satuala
- 2
- #11
- 6-4 | 210 lb
- Bountiful, UT
Heisman Heat
#7057
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
2 seasons on the ladder
2024
BYU · S
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★
2025
BYU · S
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
BYU
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-star | 0.9014 | No. 345 recruit | HighSchool | BYU |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to BYU
Composite
0.9014
#345 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Faletau Satuala
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Faletau Satuala
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 13g
79Tackles
7.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.6Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Final
79Tackles
7.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Faletau Satuala is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on BYU's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, and 3 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
79 97th
SOLO
44 97th
TFL
7.5 95th
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
4 84th
INT
3 94th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-0vs Portland State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-3vs Stanford | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-13@ East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ Colorado | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-24vs West Virginia | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 33-27@ Arizona | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Utah | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 41-27@ Iowa State | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-29@ Texas Tech | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-13vs TCU | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-21vs UCF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 7-34@ Texas Tech | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | W 25-21vs Georgia Tech | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 79 | 44 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 79 | #157/4942 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 7.5 | #234/4972 | 95th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 3 | #56/869 | 94th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 4 | #340/2184 | 84th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 65 | #72/578 | 88th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 44 | #137/4584 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 21.7 | #191/578 | 67th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Defensive TD | 1 | #23/200 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pick-six TD | 1 | #13/119 | 90th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Thorpe award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 6.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins11g | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Losses2g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
81All-Conference
Elite: solo tackles (95th). Strength: tackles (94th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · S · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Faletau SatualaBYUJacob RodriguezTexas Tech· 95% simTJ DotteryOle Miss· 90% simJordan StringerTroy· 90% sim
Solo tackles
Tackles
Tackles for loss
Interceptions
Passes defended
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Trey Dean’s 2022 season.
Trey Dean
74%match
#2
Jaylon Carlies
NFL Rd 5
75%
#3
Dylan Lawrence
68%
#4
Brandon Drayton
67%
#5
A.J. Finley
67%
Matches Trey on
Tackle volume
PD rate
Weight
Differs from Trey on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Filip Maciorowski's sophomore season at Northern Illinois (2025).
Filip Maciorowski
79%match
#2
Charles Correa
78%
#3
Brandon Smith
76%
#4
John Curry
72%
#5
Noah Taylor
68%
Matches Filip on
Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
43.5%
401 pass / 520 run
Plays / game
65.8
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.6%
270 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Kalani Sitake
BYU
2025
Kalani Sitake
BYU
Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownBountiful, UT
Height6'4"
Weight210 lb
Class2
PositionS
Jersey11
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamBYU
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc2 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big 12
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Big 12 | all_conference | BYU | Big 12 | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BYU | S2 | #7057 | #7142 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.