Senior defensive lineman for Arizona. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.
6′4″ · 310 lb · Las Vegas, NV
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.
How he plays
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
QB hurries: 72nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
3 TFL · 30 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 0.5 TFL, 6 tackles, vs BYU
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Arizona. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.
Tiaoalil Savea
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Tiaoalil Savea has played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. The receipt: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against BYU — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jedd Fisch → Brent Brennan. 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: solo tackles (17th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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 part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index 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
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.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 23–17
vs Kansas State
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| 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@ 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 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 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
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.
2026 Outlook
Arizona
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Arizona
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Arizona · Last season: 9-4 (AP #21) · Talent rank #54 · 2026 recruiting class #42
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Rayshaun Benny’s 2025 season.
Matches Rayshaun on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Rayshaun Benny's graduate season at Michigan (2025).
Matches Rayshaun on
Player DNA