#47

Stanley Ta'ufo'ou

Former defensive lineman at Arizona. 2024: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

DL · Arizona · Sr. · #47

6′2″ · 275 lb · Simi Valley, CA

CFB Index 70 · #64 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceArizona 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive lineman at Arizona. 2024: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

Transferred from USC to Arizona in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Arizona, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Kevin Sumlin

Arizona

2021–2023

Jedd Fisch

Arizona

era →

2024

Brent Brennan

Arizona

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Kevin Sumlin, Jedd Fisch, and Brent Brennan. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020USC5-1HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2024Arizona4-8HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #64 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#779 / 2892 · 71st pct

4.0

Tackles#1374 / 2892 · 52nd pct

Solo tackles#1430 / 2892 · 49th pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #64 of 285 interior linemen

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arizona	30	15	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
2023	USC	7	5	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	USC	25	20	5.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	USC	18	5	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	USC	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		81	46	11.5	3.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 23–10

at Utah

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With N. Fifita — 197 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.4 · 10 rush yds (2 car) · M. Salgado-Medina — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 22-10vs Northern Arizona	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 7-31@ Kansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 23-10@ Utah	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	L 22-28vs Texas Tech	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 7	L 19-41@ BYU	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 7-34vs Colorado	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 26-31vs West Virginia	8	2	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 10	L 12-56@ UCF	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 27-3vs Houston	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 28-49@ TCU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 7-49vs Arizona State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		30	15	4.0	2.0	—

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

Stanley Ta'ufo'ou

202411 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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