Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-7vs Utah Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-17vs Arizona | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#11
Faletau Satuala
Junior safety on BYU's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 215 lb · Bountiful, UT
CFB Index 85 · #22 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to BYU for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
4★
LB recruit
No. 345 nationally · Signed with BYU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on BYU's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to BYU in 2024.
Buzz vs Tape
Fans hotter than the country
His own fans read him warmer than the wider college football conversation does — a gap of 19.8 points in belief.
19.8own fans
0national conversation
In Their Words
56 windows · 2026 fan posts
faletau×3824.0byu×74.2safety×51.0
“Faletau Satuala BYU safety who will make it super hard for teams to pass in the middle of the field.”
reddit/CFB · fan post, verbatim
Faletau Satuala
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. This is his third year in the same secondary at BYU. 2025 brought the first one: All-Big 12. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 1 TFL against Arizona — Week 2, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
20247 games
- Signed with BYU4-star out of Bountiful
202513 games
- All-Big 12third
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
BYU
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-BIG 12
All-Big 12 mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 25-4 over that span.
2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2025BYU12-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2026BYU2-0HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidenceBreakout
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #3 of 40 Big 12 Ss
How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed
49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 28–17
vs Arizona
7 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL
With B. Bachmeier — 217 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.7 · 37 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · F. Shurtz — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
BYU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · BYU
Returning around him
- 2 BYU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -5 net (9 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
BYU · Last season: 12-2 (AP #12) · Talent rank #59 · 2026 recruiting class #21
DNA match
Player DNA
Rover
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaylon Carlies’s 2022 season.
68%match
NFL Rd 5
Matches Jaylon on
Tackle volume
Height
Weight
Differs from Jaylon on
Class year (lower)
TFL rate (higher)
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).
79%match
Matches Filip on
Tackle volume
TFL rate
PD rate
The secondary · BYU
- #11Faletau Satuala79 tackles · 2025
- #3Raider Damuni43 tackles · 2025
- Evan Johnson42 tackles · 2025
- #1Therrian Alexander31 tackles · 2025
- #15Jayven Williams18 tackles · 2025
20 more on the roster · BYU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology