Lorenzo Fauatea: DL · BYU · #55.
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Lorenzo Fauatea
Wins the gap play after play. Five seasons in the BYU defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 1.5 sacks against Stanford — Week 13, 2022.
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
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 26-20vs No. 9 Baylor | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 20-41@ No. 25 Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-24vs Wyoming | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-26vs Utah State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-28vs Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-52vs Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-41@ Liberty | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-28@ Boise State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-26vs Utah Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-26@ Stanford | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%5 TFLSack rate
12%2 sacksHurry rate
14%3 hurries21 tackles · 5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 36-29 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
47.8%
391 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
62.9
13 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
414 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at BYU, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
