Jay Toia: DL · UCLA · #93.
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Jay Toia
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at UCLA: Chip Kelly and Deshaun Foster. On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against LSU, Week 4, 2024.
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
25 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-13@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-34@ No. 16 LSU | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 13-34vs No. 8 Oregon | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 11-27@ No. 7 Penn State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-21vs Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-32@ Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-20@ Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-17vs Iowa | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-31@ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-19vs USC | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13vs Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 10 · 2024
W 27-20
at Nebraska
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%2 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
12%3 hurries25 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deshaun Foster
Pass share
54.7%
398 pass / 330 run
Plays / game
60.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #97 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCLA, 3 sacks — drafted at #217 overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chip Kelly → Deshaun Foster. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Dallas CowboysEntering 2nd NFL season
Dallas CowboysEntering 2nd NFL season
