Suli Tamaivena: LB · Utah State · #42.
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Suli Tamaivena
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the Utah State linebacker corps. On tape: 12 tackles against Air Force, Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Utah State | 39 | 20 | 5.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Utah State | 111 | 43 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 2 |
| Career | 150 | 63 | 11.5 | 4.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 42-32vs Air Force | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20@ BYU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 59-28vs UNLV | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-16@ Wyoming | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 61-19vs New Mexico | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-17@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 62-24vs San José State | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 52-13vs North Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 20 | 5.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 9 · 2018
W 61-19
vs New Mexico
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 42-point win at home against New Mexico.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%5 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups39 tackles · 5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Matt Wells, all balanced offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 7.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Wells
Pass share
50.3%
467 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
71.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Utah State, 150 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Matt Wells.
