Seth Naotala is a linebacker at Old Dominion who has not played in Old Dominion's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
The consensus depth chart of May 27 lists Naotala at LB, No. 1.
Old Dominion lists 20 linebackers this season.
Old Dominion is 2-7. Next: at Coastal Carolina, Sat Nov 7.
Naotala is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Marshall — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 5.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Old Dominion | 64 | 17 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | Old Dominion | 25 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | James Madison | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 95 | 28 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-27@ No. 20 Indiana | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-6vs North Carolina Central | 7 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-26@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 47-7vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-48@ Marshall | 12 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 27-63@ James Madison | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21vs App State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-6@ UL Monroe | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-0vs Troy | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-10@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-10vs Georgia State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 24-10vs South Florida | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 17 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%6 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups64 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Pass share
38.0%
330 pass / 539 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
341 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #145 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #10 of 63 Sun Belt LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Returning starter at linebacker for a 10-3 Old Dominion team that went -7 in the portal.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Curt Cignetti and Ricky Rahne.
