Tiaoalil Savea is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arizona.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against BYU — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-6vs Hawai'i | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-3vs Weber State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-17vs Kansas State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-39@ No. 14 Iowa State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-13vs Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-33vs No. 18 BYU | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 28-31@ Houston | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-17@ Colorado | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-20vs Kansas | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%3 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries30 tackles · 3 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Pass share
49.7%
447 pass / 452 run
Plays / game
69.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
445 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #283 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #31 of 35 Big 12 DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 32 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Chip Kelly, Jedd Fisch, Steve Sarkisian and Brent Brennan.
