Junior defensive tackle on UTEP's 2019 roster.
6′4″ · 292 lb · Tafuna
The story
3 defensive tackle on UTEP's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearSani Buckingham
Two seasons at UTEP, two different head coaches: Mike Price and Dana Dimel. The receipt: 1 tackles against UAB — Week 12, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at UTEP, 12 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Price → Dana Dimel. 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
2019 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 3-38@ Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 26-52@ North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-28vs Charlotte | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-37@ UAB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |