Viliami Fehoko: DL · San José State · #42.
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Viliami Fehoko
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fifth year in the San José State defensive front. Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 12 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss against Nevada, Week 9, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 18.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | San José State | 64 | 40 | 18.5 | 10.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | San José State | 37 | 21 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 6 |
| 2020 | San José State | 36 | 23 | 12.5 | 6.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | San José State | 44 | 16 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 4 |
| 2018 | San José State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 186 | 102 | 46.5 | 24.0 | 12 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-17vs Portland State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-24@ Auburn | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-6vs Western Michigan | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-16@ Wyoming | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-7vs UNLV | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-17@ Fresno State | 6 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 9 | W 35-28vs Nevada | 12 | 7 | 4.5 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 28-16vs Colorado State | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | L 27-43@ San Diego State | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-35@ Utah State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-14vs Hawai'i | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 64 | 40 | 18.5 | 10.0 | — | 1 |
Week 9 · 2022
W 35-28
vs Nevada
3 sacks · 4.5 tackles for loss · 12 tackles
Edged out Nevada at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
29%18 TFLSack rate
16%10 sacksHurry rate
9%6 hurries64 tackles · 18.5 for loss · 10 sacks.
5 seasons under Brent Brennan — 25-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Pass share
56.1%
429 pass / 336 run
Plays / game
63.8
12 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
460 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #17 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at San José State, 24 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #129 overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brent Brennan.
Next stop · NFL
Dallas CowboysEntering 4th NFL season
Dallas CowboysEntering 4th NFL season
