Freshman defensive tackle on UTEP's 2023 roster.
6′4″ · 302 lb · Santa Barbara, CA
The story
1 defensive tackle on UTEP's roster.
Recruiting
DL recruit
No. 2723 nationally · Signed with UTEP
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonLogologo Va'a
2 stars out of high school, 1 seasons of real snaps at UTEP since. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against New Mexico State, Week 8, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at UTEP, 9 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
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
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UTEP | 9 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-17@ Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-38@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-31@ Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-24vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-28vs New Mexico State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 13-21vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |