Last confirmed: USC, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 315 lb · Long Beach, CA · Long Beach City College
Josh Fatu: DT · USC · #98.
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Josh Fatu
Wins his gap play after play. Second year in the USC defensive front. On tape: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Utah, Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16
Sports Illustrated Oct 13Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-31vs Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-24vs No. 14 Stanford | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-24vs Texas | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-20@ California | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-30@ No. 16 Washington State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-10vs Oregon State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-27vs Utah | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 38-24@ Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-23vs UCLA | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-28vs No. 14 Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 7-24@ No. 5 Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 16 | 8.0 | 6.0 | — | 1 |
Week 7 · 2017
W 28-27
vs Utah
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%8 TFLSack rate
18%6 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry34 tackles · 8 for loss · 6 sacks.
2 seasons under Clay Helton, all balanced offenses — 21-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
48.4%
489 pass / 522 run
Plays / game
72.2
14 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
530 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 USC, 55 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
