Sae Tautu: LB · BYU · #31.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Sae Tautu
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 1 sack against Boise State — Week 8, 2016.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BYU | 49 | 26 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 3 |
| Career | 49 | 26 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 3 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 18-16vs Arizona | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-20@ Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-17vs UCLA | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-53vs Toledo | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-14@ Michigan State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | W 28-21vs Mississippi State | 8 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | L 27-28@ No. 14 Boise State | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 20-3@ Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-7vs Southern Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 51-9vs Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-10vs Utah State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-21vs Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 26 | 11.0 | 6.0 | — | 3 |
Week 7 · 2016
W 28-21
1.5 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
49tackles this seasonTFL rate
22%11 TFLSack rate
12%6 sacksPD rate
6%3 pass breakups49 tackles · 11 for loss · 6 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
43.3%
408 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
72.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
425 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
One season at BYU, 49 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2010–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Kalani Sitake. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
