TJ Tauaalo: DT · North Texas · #15.
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TJ Tauaalo
Wins the gap play after play. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at North Texas since. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against UTSA — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 1 pass 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
University of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
CBS News Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | North Texas | 41 | 18 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | North Texas | 38 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2016 | North Texas | 25 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 104 | 50 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-23vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 58-16vs Incarnate Word | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-17@ Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 47-7@ Liberty | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-29vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24@ UTEP | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-7vs Southern Miss | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-29@ UAB | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-34@ Old Dominion | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-38vs Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21@ UTSA | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
 Bowl | L 13-52vs Utah State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 18 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%4 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackHurry rate
2%1 hurry41 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Seth Littrell — 23-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Seth Littrell
Pass share
51.4%
504 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
75.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
538 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
41 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at North Texas, 104 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan McCarney → Seth Littrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
