#50

Lawrence Falatea

Former defensive end at Utah State. 2024: 3 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DE · Utah State · Jr. · #50

6′4″ · 240 lb · Sandy, UT

CFB Index 52 · #201 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceUtah State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

LB recruit

No. 1535 nationally · Signed with Washington State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Utah State. 2024: 3 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington State in 2021.
Transferred from Washington State to Utah State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Utah State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2021

Signed with Washington State3-star out of Alta

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1535 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022

Blake Anderson

Utah State

2024

Nate Dreiling

Utah State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Nate Dreiling. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Washington State7-6HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning

2024Utah State4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #201 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (88th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (14th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#309 / 2892 · 88th pct

3.0

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#484 / 2892 · 82nd pct

5.5

Tackles#1494 / 2892 · 48th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2420 / 2892 · 14th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.8	0.4	0.0
Road6g	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #201 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #201 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Utah State	28	7	5.5	3.0	--	--	--
2022	Washington State	11	4	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		39	11	7.0	4.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 36–14

vs Robert Morris

1 TOT

Dominant 22-point win at home against Robert Morris.

With B. Barnes — 198 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.9 · 88 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · S. Kotsanlee — 45 AVG · 67 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 36-14vs Robert Morris	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 0-48@ USC	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 29-45@ Temple	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 30-62@ Boise State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 7	L 34-50vs UNLV	6	0	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 8	L 45-50vs New Mexico	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 27-25@ Wyoming	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 28-49@ Washington State	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 55-10vs Hawai'i	2	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 13	W 41-20vs San Diego State	6	1	2.5	0.5	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 14	L 37-42@ Colorado State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		28	7	5.5	3.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology