Soni Fonua: LB · LSU · #53.
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Soni Fonua
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Second year in the same linebacker corps at LSU. On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Kentucky, Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 19-24vs No. 22 Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-42@ No. 16 Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 49-42vs No. 20 Florida | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-31@ No. 12 Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-20@ No. 3 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-16vs Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-14vs UL Monroe | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-24vs No. 14 Texas A&M | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 15 | 6.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Week 13 · 2021
W 27-24
vs Texas A&M
0.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
23%6 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksPD rate
4%1 pass breakups28 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Ed Orgeron — 11-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ed Orgeron
Pass share
50.8%
443 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
72.7
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
463 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #493 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at LSU, 35 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ed Orgeron.
