Paisa Savea: DT · Oregon State · #92.
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Paisa Savea
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at Oregon State: Gary Andersen and Cory Hall. On tape: 3 tackles against Stanford, Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
OregonLive Nov 2OregonLive Oct 26
Sports Illustrated Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oregon State | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 19 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 35 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-58@ Colorado State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 35-32vs Portland State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-48vs Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-52@ No. 21 Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-42vs No. 6 Washington | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-15vs No. 20 Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-37@ California | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-40vs Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
12%2 hurries16 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Cory Hall
Pass share
46.9%
361 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
64.1
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
390 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Oregon State, 35 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Andersen → Cory Hall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
From Fagaima, American Samoa — one of 16 players from American Samoa in FBS this season.
