Francisco Mauigoa

Former linebacker at Miami. 2024: 96 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Miami · Sr. · #1

6′3″ · 230 lb · ILI'ILI

CFB Index 82 · #48 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNew York — drafted 2025, Rd 5, Pick 26, #162 overall

Recruiting

5★

OT recruit

No. 10 nationally · Signed with Miami

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Miami. 2024: 96 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Miami in 2023.
Transferred from Washington State to Miami in 2023.
Drafted round 5 by the New York in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Miami, 251 tackles — drafted at #162 overall by New York.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

202313 games

Signed with Miami5-star out of IMG Academy
Entered the portal
All-ACCsecond

202413 games

All-ACCsecond

2025

Drafted by New Yorkround 5, pick 162

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#10 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #162

New York · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2024)

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Jess Simpson

Miami

2022–2024

Mario Cristobal

Miami

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jess Simpson → Mario Cristobal. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 2nd NFL season

#162Rd 5 · Pick 26

New YorkEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Washington State7-6HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced

2022Washington State7-6HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

82All-Conference level #48 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#59 / 2892 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#64 / 2892 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#76 / 2892 · 97th pct

11.0

QB hurries#160 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Passes defended#225 / 2892 · 90th pct

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	7.0	0.9	0.0	0.3
Road6g	7.8	0.8	0.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.7	1.1	0.3	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	9.3	0.6	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #48 of 571 LBs

Former five-star. Now #48 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Miami	96	51	11.0	2.0	5	1	--
2023	Miami	78	45	16.5	7.5	3	1	--
2022	Washington State	60	34	5.5	3.5	1	1	--
2021	Washington State	17	10	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		251	140	33.5	13.0	9	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–17

at Florida

1 SACKS · 4 SOLO · 6 TOT

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Florida.

With C. Ward — 385 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.7 · 33 rush yds (3 car) · D. Joyce — 48 AVG · 53 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 41-17@ Florida	6	4	1.5	1.0	—	1	2.5 TFL
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Florida A&M	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 62-0vs Ball State	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	W 50-15@ South Florida	11	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-34vs Virginia Tech	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 39-38@ California	2	1	1.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	W 52-45@ Louisville	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 9	W 36-14vs Florida State	7	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 53-31vs Duke	9	5	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 23-28@ Georgia Tech	11	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-14vs Wake Forest	12	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 38-42@ Syracuse	13	7	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Bowl	L 41-42vs Iowa State	8	6	2.5	0.0	—	0
Total		96	51	11.0	2.0	1	5

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