Jason Fao: DL · UNLV · #95.
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Jason Fao
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Two seasons in the UNLV defensive front to date. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against New Mexico — Week 12, 2017.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 0 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 40-43vs Howard | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-16@ Idaho | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-54@ No. 10 Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-13vs San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-41vs No. 19 San Diego State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-34@ Air Force | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-52vs Utah State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-23vs Hawai'i | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-31vs BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-35@ New Mexico | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 16-23@ Nevada | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 22 | 4.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2017
W 44-16
at Idaho
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 28-point win on the road against Idaho.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%4 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries38 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Tony Sanchez, all run-heavy offenses — 9-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
36.4%
297 pass / 518 run
Plays / game
67.9
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
332 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
38 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at UNLV, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Tony Sanchez.
