#45

Pepe Tanuvasa

Senior defensive lineman on BYU's 2022 roster.

DL · BYU · Sr. · #45

6′1″ · 245 lb · Tigard, OR

CFB Index 27 · #226 of 278 interior linemenLow confidenceBYU 2022 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman on BYU's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Southridge in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 2838 nationally · Signed with Southridge

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at BYU, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Recruited2-star out of Southridge

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2838 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018

Kalani Sitake

BYU

2020–2022

Kalani Sitake

BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Navy3-10HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

2020BYU11-1HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2021BYU10-3HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #226 of 278?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles#1057 / 2755 · 61st pct

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Solo tackles#1573 / 2755 · 41st pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2143 / 2755 · 18th pct

0.5

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #226 of 278 interior linemen

Two-star recruit. Now #226 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	BYU	35	13	0.5	0.0	2	--	--
2021	BYU	42	23	7.0	3.0	--	1	--
2020	BYU	24	12	1.0	1.0	3	1	--
2018	Navy	32	15	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		133	63	8.5	4.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 52–26

vs Utah Tech

0 TFL · 4 SOLO · 7 TOT

Dominant 26-point win at home against Utah Tech.

With J. Hall — 456 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.7 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · R. Rehkow — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 61 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 26-20vs Baylor	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 20-41@ Oregon	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-24vs Wyoming	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 20-28@ Notre Dame	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 35-52vs Arkansas	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-41@ Liberty	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-27vs East Carolina	6	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-28@ Boise State	3	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 52-26vs Utah Tech	7	4	0.5	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 13	W 35-26@ Stanford	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		35	13	0.5	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Pepe Tanuvasa

2015

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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