Senior defensive lineman for Washington. 2025: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
6′4″ · 280 lb · Costa Mesa, CA · Mater Dei HS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
sacks · 2025
4 TFL · 19 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, at Michigan
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Washington. 2025: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei
Wins his gap play after play. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jedd Fisch and Brent Brennan. The receipt: 4 tackles against Ohio State — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kalen DeBoer → Jedd Fisch. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (29th 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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
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 in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #352 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #60 of 69 Big Ten DLs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 19 | 10 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Arizona | 33 | 16 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Arizona | 19 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Arizona | 14 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 85 | 40 | 15.5 | 6.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 59-24@ Washington State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-24vs Ohio State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 24-20@ Maryland | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-19vs Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-24@ Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-13@ Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-14@ UCLA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-26vs Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-10vs Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
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
19 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Washington
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #24 · 2026 recruiting class #13
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 Rason Williams’s 2023 season.
Matches Rason on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ali Saad's senior season at Bowling Green (2024).
Matches Ali on
Player DNA
AT WASHINGTON 2026: Granted a fifth season of eligibility and returned to UW roster for third practice of the fall camp. 2025: Enrolled at UW in January, 2025, via the transfer portal ... started all 13 games ... three tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, in the win at Washington State ....