Former defensive lineman at Florida State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 265 lb · Houma Tukulalo Vava'u
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
SDE recruit
No. 984 nationally · Signed with Aquinas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Florida State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Sione Lolohea
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Sione Lolohea has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 5 tackles, 1.5 TFL against SMU — Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Florida State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Norvell.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (93rd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (14th 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
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida State | 20 | 7 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oregon State | 46 | 24 | 7.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Oregon State | 29 | 12 | 5.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oregon State | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 103 | 46 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 12-20vs Memphis | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-42@ SMU | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 16-23@ Duke | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-36@ Miami | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-52@ Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-7vs Charleston Southern | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 11-31vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 7 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
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 2024 production profile sits closest to Nelson Mbanasor’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jared Dawson's graduate season at Notre Dame (2025).
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Player DNA