Former safety at USC. 2020: 4 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 62 tackles.
6′1″ · 215 lb · Corvallis, OR
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 88 nationally · Signed with USC
Statement game17 tackles · 2 TFLat UCLA (FBS) · W 43-38
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former safety at USC. 2020: 4 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 62 tackles.
Talanoa Hufanga
He has spent three seasons in the USC secondary. 2020 brought the first one: All-America (Consensus). One game to point at: 12 tackles, 2 TFL against Oregon — Week 16, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at USC, 203 tackles, an All-American season (2020) — drafted at #180 overall by San Francisco.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2020)
7 first-team selectors
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Clay Helton.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San FranciscoEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Clay Helton — 18-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: interceptions (97th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (95th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (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
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 10.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 10.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+6g | 10.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Selector Grid · 2020
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2020
W 33–17
at Utah
10 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 PD
With K. Slovis — 264 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · -21 rush yds (5 car) · B. Griffiths — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 50 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | W 28-27vs Arizona State | 10 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-30@ Arizona | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-17@ Utah | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-13vs Washington State | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 43-38@ UCLA | 17 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 17 tackles |
| Wk 16 | L 24-31vs Oregon | 12 | 10 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 62 | 40 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 |