#99

Uso Seumalo

Senior defensive tackle for Kansas State. 2025: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

DT · Kansas State · Sr. · #99

6′3″ · 340 lb · Maunaloa, HI

CFB Index 63 · #105 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Kansas State for 2026

The numbers

sack · 2025

2.5 TFL · 20 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Texas Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Kansas State. 2025: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

Passes defended: 67th percentile.

The full scouting read

Uso Seumalo

DT · Kansas State · Sr · #99

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. This is his fourth year in the same defensive front at Kansas State. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Army — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Chris Klieman — 34-18 over that span.

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2023Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2024Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2025Kansas State6-6HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #105 of 330?

Low confidenceBounce-Back6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles#1998 / 2975 · 32nd pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road5g	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #105 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #105 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #7 of 22 Big 12 DTs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kansas State	20	10	2.5	1.0	2	--	--
2024	Kansas State	14	6	3.0	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Kansas State	18	8	1.5	1.5	1	--	--
2022	Kansas State	5	4	2.0	0.0	2	--	--
Career		57	28	9.0	2.5	5	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24vs Iowa State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 21-24vs Army	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 3	L 17-23@ Arizona	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 34-20vs UCF	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 34-35@ Baylor	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-28vs TCU	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-17@ Kansas	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 20-43vs Texas Tech	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 14-6@ Oklahoma State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 47-51@ Utah	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 24-14vs Colorado	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		20	10	2.5	1.0	—	2

How he plays

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

11 games

20Tackles

10Solo

2.5TFL

1Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

20 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 31 PD
Week 91 PD
Week 101 sack

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

Kansas State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Kansas State

Returning around him

2 Kansas State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -6 net (27 in / 33 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Kansas State · Last season: 6-6 (AP #17) · Talent rank #47 · 2026 recruiting class #50

DNA match

Player DNA

Nose Anchor

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Blake Boenisch’s 2025 season.

Blake Boenisch

88%match

Rice · 2025

Demeco Roland

Southern Miss · 2024

88%

Brandon Pili

USC · 2022

87%

Gary Smith III

UCLA · 2022

85%

Keondre Coburn

Texas · 2021

NFL Rd 6

83%

Matches Blake on

Class year

TFL rate

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Blake Boenisch's senior season at Rice (2025).

Blake Boenisch

87%match

Rice · 2025

Anthony Booker Jr.

Arkansas · 2023

81%

Keeshawn Silver

USC · 2025

80%

Nick Barrett

South Carolina · 2025

NFL Rd 5

80%

Omari Thomas

Tennessee · 2023

78%

Matches Blake on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Blake on

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

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Jamel Fils-Aime

Troy · 2024

89%

Blake Boenisch

Rice · 2025

88%

Simonte Pepa

Utah · 2024

84%

Tre Colbert

Maryland · 2023

82%

Siale Taupaki

UCLA · 2025

80%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

20225 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Nose Anchor

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