Senior defensive tackle for Washington State. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
6′2″ · 340 lb · Elk Grove, CA
The numbers
sacks · 2025
3.5 TFL · 12 tackles · 3 hurries
Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 2 tackles, at Colorado State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for Washington State. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
Soni Finau
Wins his gap play after play. Cal Poly to Washington State — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 2 tackles against Louisiana Tech — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: tackles (9th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Moore
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 12 | 7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 36–13
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 36-13vs San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-59@ North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-3@ Colorado State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7vs Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 32-8vs Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 34-21@ Utah State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Washington State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Washington State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #81 · 2026 recruiting class #128
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyleik Williams’s 2021 season.
Matches Tyleik on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kaieem Caesar's sophomore season at Ohio (2022).
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