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Sefa Saipaia Jr.

Senior linebacker for Western Michigan. 2025: 77 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Western Michigan · Sr. · #10

5′11″ · 225 lb · Fort Collins, CO

CFB Index 63 · #178 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Western Michigan for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETat RiceRice StadiumWestern Michigan by 9.5

The numbers

tackles · 2025

5.5 TFL · 1.5 sacks

Best game: 6 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, at Michigan State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Western Michigan. 2025: 77 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

Sefa Saipaia Jr.

LB · Western Michigan · Sr · #10

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. The receipt on tape: 11 tackles against Miami (OH), Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Western Michigan10-4HC: Lance Taylor · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #178 of 583?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (94th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (92nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#179 / 2975 · 94th pct

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct

5.5

Solo tackles#649 / 2975 · 77th pct

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	5.0	0.4	0.1	0.0
Road6g	6.2	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.4	0.6	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #178 of 583 LBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #15 of 55 Mid-American LBs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Western Michigan	77	27	5.5	1.5	--	1	--
Career		77	27	5.5	1.5	--	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 47–14

vs Rhode Island

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 REC

Dominant 33-point win at home against Rhode Island.

With B. Lowry — 143 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.9 · 52 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Miles — 54 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 6-23@ Michigan State	6	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 30-33vs North Texas	6	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 0-38@ Illinois	6	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 14-13vs Toledo	3	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 47-14vs Rhode Island	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 21-3@ Massachusetts	9	2	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 42-0vs Ball State	5	2	1.5	0.5	—
Wk 9	L 17-26@ Miami (OH)	11	3	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Central Michigan	7	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 17-13vs Ohio	5	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 35-19@ Northern Illinois	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 31-21@ Eastern Michigan	1	0	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 15	W 23-13vs Miami (OH)	6	3	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 41-6vs Kennesaw State	7	3	0.0	0.0	—
Total		77	27	5.5	1.5	1

The linebacker corps · Western Michigan

#9James CamdenLB · Sr.85 tackles · 2025
#10Sefa Saipaia Jr.LB · Sr.77 tackles · 2025
#47Domanick MoonLB · Sr.23 tackles · 2025
#12Dillon MooreLB · Sr.19 tackles · 2025
#42Gabe WelchLB · Jr.7 tackles · 2025

11 more on the roster · Western Michigan team page

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

Sefa Saipaia Jr.

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

The linebacker corps · Western Michigan