Samson Kafovalu: DT · Colorado · #54.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Samson Kafovalu
Wins the gap play after play. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Oklahoma State — Bowl, 2016.
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
53 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
BroBible Oct 27
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Colorado | 53 | 29 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Career | 53 | 29 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
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 · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-7vs Colorado State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-7vs Idaho State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-45@ No. 4 Michigan | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ Oregon | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 47-6vs Oregon State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-21@ USC | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-16vs Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 10-5@ Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-10vs UCLA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-24@ Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-24vs No. 20 Washington State | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-22vs No. 21 Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-41vs No. 4 Washington | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 8-38vs No. 13 Oklahoma State | 9 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 29 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%4 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksHurry rate
6%3 hurries53 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike MacIntyre
Pass share
43.2%
469 pass / 617 run
Plays / game
77.6
14 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
486 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
53 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Colorado, 53 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jon Embree → Mike MacIntyre. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
