Tuasivi Nomura: LB · Fresno State · #8.
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Tuasivi Nomura
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The five seasons span two programs and five head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, Lincoln Riley, Jeff Tedford and Tim Skipper. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Mountain West. On tape: 18 tackles against Air Force, Week 11, 2024.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
102 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fresno State | 102 | 65 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 2023 | Fresno State | 15 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2022 | USC | 22 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | USC | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | USC | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 148 | 89 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-30@ No. 9 Michigan | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 46-30vs Sacramento State | 11 | 8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 3 | W 48-0vs New Mexico State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-21@ New Mexico | 16 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-59@ UNLV | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ Nevada | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-10vs San José State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-21vs Hawai'i | 8 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-36@ Air Force | 18 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 18 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 28-22vs Colorado State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20@ UCLA | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 20-28vs Northern Illinois | 12 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 102 | 65 | 7.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 46-30
2.5 tackles for loss · 11 tackles · 8 solo tackles
Edged out Sacramento State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
102tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%7 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups102 tackles · 7 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 9.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 9.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Skipper
Pass share
53.1%
430 pass / 380 run
Plays / game
62.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at USC and Fresno State, 148 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
5 coachesPlayed for 5 head coaches at 2 schools: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, Lincoln Riley, Jeff Tedford and Tim Skipper.
