Last confirmed: UTSA, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 240 lb · Corinth, TX · Lake Dallas
Josiah Tauaefa: LB · UTSA · #55.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Josiah Tauaefa
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. 2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at UTSA since. A game that shows it: 14 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against North Texas — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
111 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11.5 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-49@ Arizona State | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-37vs Baylor | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-41@ Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 25-21vs Texas State | 9 | 7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 30-21vs UTEP | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-3@ Rice | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-31vs Louisiana Tech | 13 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-27@ Southern Miss | 13 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-52@ UAB | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-45vs Florida International | 10 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-23@ Marshall | 12 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-24vs North Texas | 14 | 8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Total | 111 | 62 | 11.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
111tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%12 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups111 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Frank Wilson — 15-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 9.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 8.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 11.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Wilson
Pass share
53.7%
404 pass / 348 run
Plays / game
62.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
111 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at UTSA, 255 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 33 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Larry Coker → Frank Wilson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
