Former defensive tackle at Utah State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 290 lb · Salt Lake City, UT
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.
The story
Former defensive tackle at Utah State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearSeni Tuiaki
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Seni Tuiaki has been at Utah State through two head coaches in four seasons. The receipt: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Weber State — Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Utah State, 43 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Nate Dreiling. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Utah State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Utah State | 25 | 13 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Utah State | 15 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Utah State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 43 | 19 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-28@ Montana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 47-42vs Weber State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 24-58@ Colorado State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jamal Woods’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Matt Lawson's junior season at Fresno State (2022).
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Player DNA