2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Malachi Finau
The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Timmy Chang and Sean Lewis. One game to point at: 3 tackles and 1 sack against Fresno State — Week 7, 2026.
13 tackles · 2 sacks
Play style
Wins the gap play after play.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 3 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 7 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San Diego State | 13 | 6 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2025 | San Diego State | 18 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Hawai'i | 19 | 10 | 3.5 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Hawai'i | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 54 | 20 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 53-20vs Portland State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-28@ UCLA | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-26vs James Madison | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 16-41@ Toledo | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-29vs Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-23vs Fresno State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 49-56@ Colorado State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 7 · 2026
W 26-23
vs Fresno State
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Ratings of the games shown run from -8 to +14 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
23%3 TFLSack rate
15%2 sacksHurry rate
8%1 hurry13 tackles · 3 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
40.5%
236 pass / 346 run
Plays / game
64.7
9 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
253 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #273 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #33 of 35 Mountain West DLs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
The No. 2,281 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Pac-12 as a senior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 28 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Timmy Chang and Sean Lewis.
