6′3″ · Riverside, CA · Sacramento City College
Edmund Faimalo: DE · Utah State · #98.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Edmund Faimalo
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. 2 stars out of high school, 1 seasons of real snaps at Utah State since. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against New Mexico — Week 11, 2016.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Utah State | 27 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 27 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-6vs Weber State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-45@ USC | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-20vs Arkansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-27vs Air Force | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-21@ No. 24 Boise State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ Colorado State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-20vs Fresno State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 13-40vs San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-24vs New Mexico | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 37-38@ Nevada | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-28@ BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
7%2 TFL27 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Wells
Pass share
48.5%
382 pass / 406 run
Plays / game
65.7
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
422 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Utah State — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Matt Wells.
