Uriah Leiataua: DL · BYU · #58.
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Uriah Leiataua
Wins the gap play after play. Fifth year in the BYU defensive front. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Georgia Southern — Week 12, 2021.
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
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-16vs Arizona | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-17vs No. 21 Utah | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-27vs South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-20@ Utah State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-26vs Boise State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-38@ Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-19@ Washington State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 66-49vs Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-14vs Idaho State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-17@ Georgia Southern | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 35-31@ USC | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 15 | 5.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%5 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry26 tackles · 5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 39-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
45.7%
389 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
71.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
410 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at BYU, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
