Senior defensive tackle for Utah. 2021: 3 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
6′3″ · 310 lb · Salt Lake City, UT
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
WR recruit
No. 751 nationally · Signed with Utah
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for Utah. 2021: 3 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
Hauati Pututau
Wins his gap play after play. This is his fifth year in the same defensive front at Utah. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1.5 TFL against UCLA — Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Utah, 52 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 40-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Strength: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: tackles (23rd 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
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Morgan Scalley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #223 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021
W 35–21
1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO
With C. Rising — 247 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 90.9 · 59 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · C. Peasley — 39 AVG · 43 LONG · 3 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-17vs Weber State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 17-26@ BYU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-33@ San Diego State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-13vs Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-21vs Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-24vs UCLA | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-29@ Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-13vs Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-10vs Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 12 | 4.5 | 3.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Leonard Payne Jr.’s 2021 season.
Matches Leonard on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Immanuel Hickman Sr.'s senior season at East Carolina (2021).
Matches Immanuel on
Differs from Immanuel on
Player DNA