Penei Pavihi: LB · Hawai'i · #1.
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Penei Pavihi
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for three head coaches at Hawai'i: Nick Rolovich, Todd Graham and Timmy Chang. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against San Diego State — Week 6, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 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.
New York Post Oct 29Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-63vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | L 17-49vs Western Kentucky | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-56@ No. 4 Michigan | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-14vs Duquesne | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 26-45@ New Mexico State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-16@ San Diego State | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 31-16vs Nevada | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-17@ Colorado State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-27vs Wyoming | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-55@ Fresno State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-41vs Utah State | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-25vs UNLV | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-27@ San José State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 78 | 47 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%5 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups78 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road6g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
55.3%
489 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
68.1
13 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
462 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
78 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #165 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Hawai'i, 229 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Nick Rolovich, Todd Graham, and Timmy Chang. Multi-era developmental context.
From Pago Pago, American Samoa — one of 16 players from American Samoa in FBS this season.
