Senior linebacker for South Alabama. 2025: 11 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′0″ · 250 lb · Blaine, MN
The numbers
tackles · 2025
1 TFL
Best game: 2 tackles, 1 TFL, vs Morgan State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for South Alabama. 2025: 11 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
IBK Mafe
IBK Mafe arrived at South Alabama from St. Thomas. The receipt: 2 tackles against Texas State — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (2nd 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 38–21
vs Morgan State
1 TFL · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT
With D. Voisin — 7 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD · A. Pulkkinen — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21vs Morgan State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 31-33vs Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 22-36@ North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31@ Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 22-31vs Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-35vs Southern Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 26-49@ Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
2026 Outlook
South Alabama
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · South Alabama
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Alabama · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #107 · 2026 recruiting class #77
17 more on the roster · South Alabama team page