Former defensive lineman at Nevada. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′0″ · 285 lb · Concord, CA
The story
Former defensive lineman at Nevada. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Kitione Tau
Wins his gap play after play. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Fresno State — Week 8, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Nevada — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ken Wilson → Jeff Choate. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th 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
2024 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nevada | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 1 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024
W 49–16
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 49-16vs Eastern Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-35@ San José State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-37vs Oregon State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs Fresno State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 19-22vs Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Blake Thompson’s 2022 season.
Matches Blake on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Keenan Landry's freshman season at Kent State (2024).
Matches Keenan on
Player DNA