Senior linebacker for BYU. 2020: 28 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.
6′0″ · 205 lb · Syracuse, UT
The story
4 linebacker for BYU. 2020: 28 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKavika Fonua
Fourth year in the BYU linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 7 tackles against San Diego State — Week 15, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at BYU, 135 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 31-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (82nd percentile). Concern: sacks (27th 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
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-3@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-7vs Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20vs UTSA | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-26@ Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-14vs Texas State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 51-17@ Boise State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-14vs North Alabama | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 15 | W 28-14vs San Diego State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 23 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 3 passes 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.
Player DNA