Senior defensive lineman on San Diego State's 2023 roster.
6′1″ · 290 lb · Riverside, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1241 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on San Diego State's roster.
Samuela Tuihalamaka
Wins his gap play after play. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Gundy and Brady Hoke. One game to point at: 1 tackles against San José State — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at San Diego State, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #158 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | San Diego State | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 21 | 9 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 21 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 52 | 25 | 9.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 36–28
vs Idaho State
1 TFL · 1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Edged out Idaho State at home in a shootout.
With J. Browning — 43 LONG · 100 PCT · 10 PTS · J. Mayden — 85 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 60.8 · 132 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-28vs Idaho State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 10-35vs UCLA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-49@ Air Force | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-32vs Utah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-24@ San José State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Tuli Letuligasenoa’s 2021 season.
Matches Tuli on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Grady Kelly's senior season at Colorado State (2023).
Matches Grady on
Player DNA