Senior defensive lineman on Arizona's 2023 roster.
6′3″ · 330 lb · ILI'ILI
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
DT recruit
No. 1221 nationally · Signed with Clearwater Academy International
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Arizona's roster.
Sio Nofoagatoto'a
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Tom Allen and Jedd Fisch. The receipt: 2 tackles against Colorado — Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Arizona — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Sumlin → Jedd Fisch. 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 (5th 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
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
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 at the early end of the ladder.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 24-31@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-10vs UTEP | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-20@ Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 41-43@ USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24vs Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-10vs UCLA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-31@ Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-18vs Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 59-23@ Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Nick Barrett’s 2022 season.
Matches Nick on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Joshua Harris's graduate season at Ole Miss (2023).
Matches Joshua on
Player DNA