#42

Soane Toia

Former defensive lineman at San José State. 2024: 5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 55 tackles.

DL · San José State · Sr. · #42

6′0″ · 278 lb · Nuku'alofa

CFB Index 74 · #76 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamSan José State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1941 nationally · Signed with San José State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at San José State. 2024: 5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San José State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at San José State, 11 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20203 games

Signed with San José State3-star out of Grace Brethren

202311 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westsecond

202413 games

Entered the portal
All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1941 national

CFB

College

San José State

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Brent Brennan

San José State

2024

Ken Niumatalolo

San José State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brent Brennan → Ken Niumatalolo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020San José State7-1HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2021San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2023San José State7-6HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2024San José State7-6HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Pass-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

74Quality starter #76 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (96th percentile). Strength: sacks (95th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#114 / 2892 · 96th pct

10.0

Sacks#117 / 2892 · 95th pct

5.0

QB hurries#255 / 2892 · 89th pct

Tackles#488 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#838 / 2892 · 70th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.4	1.1	0.5	0.0
Road5g	4.0	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	0.6	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	1.0	0.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #76 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #76 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	San José State	55	24	10.0	5.0	--	--	--
2023	San José State	35	15	6.0	4.0	--	--	--
2022	San José State	21	15	5.0	2.0	--	--	--
2021	San José State	24	14	3.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	San José State	7	4	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		142	72	25.0	11.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 42–24

vs Sacramento State

2 SOLO · 4 TOT

With N. Nash — 26 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9 · E. Brown — 298 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 47.6 · -33 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Sacramento State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 17-7@ Air Force	7	3	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 31-10vs Kennesaw State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 52-54@ Washington State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 35-31vs Nevada	7	1	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 7	L 24-31@ Colorado State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Wyoming	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 9	L 10-33@ Fresno State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 24-13@ Oregon State	7	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	L 21-42vs Boise State	5	3	2.5	1.5	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 13	L 16-27vs UNLV	10	4	1.5	0.5	—	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 14	W 34-31vs Stanford	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 39-41vs South Florida	4	4	2.0	0.0	—
Total		55	24	10.0	5.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Soane Toia

20203 games

202311 games

202413 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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