#42

Viliami Fehoko

Former defensive lineman at San José State. 2022: 10 sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss, 64 tackles.

DL · San José State · Jr. · #42

6′4″ · 263 lb · East Palo Alto, CA

CFB Index 88 · #17 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDallas — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 27, #129 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1576 nationally · Signed with San José State

Career night12 tackles · 4.5 TFL · 3 sacksvs Nevada (FBS) · W 35-28

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at San José State. 2022: 10 sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss, 64 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San José State in 2018.
Drafted round 4 by the Dallas in 2023.
Named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at San José State, 24 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #129 overall by Dallas.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20183 games

Signed with San José State3-star out of St. Francis

20207 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westfirst

202112 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

202211 games

All-Mountain Westfirst
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Yearwinner

2023

Drafted by Dallasround 4, pick 129

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1576 national

CFB

College

San José State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #129

Dallas · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Brent Brennan

San José State

Played his entire career under Brent Brennan.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 4th NFL season

#129Rd 4 · Pick 27

DallasEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Brent Brennan — 25-31 over that span.

2018San José State1-11HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2019San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-heavy

2020San José State7-1HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2021San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

88All-Conference level #17 of 387?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (100th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#6 / 2755 · 100th pct

18.5

Sacks#10 / 2755 · 100th pct

10.0

QB hurries#79 / 2755 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#206 / 2755 · 92nd pct

Tackles#305 / 2755 · 89th pct

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #17 of 387 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #17 at the position.

Career stats

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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 21–17

vs Portland State

1 QB HUR · 4 SOLO · 6 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With T. Benham — 44 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 57 LONG · C. Cordeiro — 239 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week