6′2″ · 315 lb · Waianae, HI · Snow College
Handsome Tanielu: DL · BYU · #92.
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Handsome Tanielu
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Second year in the BYU defensive front. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Fresno State — Week 10, 2017.
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
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-27@ No. 13 LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-19vs Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-40vs No. 10 Wisconsin | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 24-40@ Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-24vs Boise State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-35@ Mississippi State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-33@ East Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-20vs San José State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-20@ Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-16vs Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-20@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
3%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries30 tackles · 1 for loss.
2 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 13-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
51.0%
418 pass / 402 run
Plays / game
63.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
447 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at BYU — his college career is complete.
His career
