Atunaisa Mahe: DT · BYU · #62.
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Atunaisa Mahe
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at BYU since. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Oklahoma, Week 12, 2023.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 14-0vs Sam Houston | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-16vs Southern Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-31@ Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-27vs Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-14vs Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-35@ No. 7 Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31vs No. 14 Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 34-40@ No. 21 Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
8%1 hurry12 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 30-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
52.7%
395 pass / 355 run
Plays / game
62.5
12 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
413 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at BYU, 73 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
