Noah Lavulo: DL · San José State · #4.
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Noah Lavulo
Wins the gap play after play. Second year in the San José State defensive front. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Air Force — Week 4, 2023.
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
49 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | San José State | 49 | 21 | 7.0 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | San José State | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 58 | 24 | 8.0 | 4.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-56@ No. 6 USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 17-42vs No. 18 Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-3vs Cal Poly | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-21@ Toledo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-45vs Air Force | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 27-35@ Boise State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-24@ New Mexico | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-21vs Utah State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-0@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-18vs Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 24-13vs San Diego State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-31@ UNLV | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-24vs Coastal Carolina | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 21 | 7.0 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2023
W 42-18
vs Fresno State
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against Fresno State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%7 TFLSack rate
7%4 sacksHurry rate
10%5 hurries49 tackles · 7 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Brent Brennan — 14-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Pass share
47.6%
375 pass / 412 run
Plays / game
60.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
397 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
49 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #106 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at San José State, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
