Olive Sagapolu: NT · Wisconsin · #99.
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Olive Sagapolu
Wins the gap play after play. Three seasons in the Wisconsin defensive front to date. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Northwestern, Week 9, 2018.
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
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 4.5 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
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-3vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-14vs New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-24vs BYU | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-17@ Iowa | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-24vs Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-38@ No. 12 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-20vs Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-31@ Northwestern | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 23 | 14 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%4 TFLSack rate
9%2 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry23 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Paul Chryst, all run-heavy offenses — 32-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
34.4%
299 pass / 570 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
330 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Wisconsin, 54 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Paul Chryst.
From Pago Pago, American Samoa — one of 16 players from American Samoa in FBS this season.
