Senior linebacker for Purdue. 2022: 33 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.
6′2″ · 230 lb · Compton, 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
OLB recruit
No. 1974 nationally · Signed with Purdue
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
6 linebacker for Purdue. 2022: 33 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.
Semisi Fakasiieiki
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. He has spent four seasons in the Purdue linebacker corps. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles, 2 TFL against Minnesota, Week 5, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Purdue, 82 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jeff Brohm.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 20-25 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th 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
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
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 #494 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022
W 20–10
at Minnesota
8 TOT · 5 SOLO · 2 TFL
With J. Ansell — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · A. O'Connell — 199 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 67.5 · 10 rush yds (4 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 29-32@ Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-26vs Florida Atlantic | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-10@ Minnesota | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 31-29@ Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-37vs Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-35@ Wisconsin | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-24vs Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-9vs Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-16@ Indiana | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 23 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Player DNA
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Andrew Awe’s 2022 season.
Matches Andrew on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Eric Mitchell's senior season at Florida International (2021).
Matches Eric on
Player DNA