Josh Fatu: DT · USC · #98.
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Josh Fatu
Wins the gap play after play. Second year in the USC defensive front. On tape: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Utah, Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-31vs Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-24vs No. 14 Stanford | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-24vs Texas | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-20@ California | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-30@ No. 16 Washington State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-10vs Oregon State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-27vs Utah | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 38-24@ Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-23vs UCLA | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-28vs No. 14 Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 7-24vs No. 5 Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 16 | 8.0 | 6.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%8 TFLSack rate
18%6 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry34 tackles · 8 for loss · 6 sacks.
2 seasons under Clay Helton, all balanced offenses — 21-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
48.4%
489 pass / 522 run
Plays / game
72.2
14 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
530 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at USC, 55 tackles — the college career is complete.
