Kavika Fonua: LB · BYU · #34.
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Kavika Fonua
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the BYU linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against San Diego State — Week 15, 2020.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 3 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-3@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-7vs Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20vs UTSA | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-26@ Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-14vs Texas State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 51-17@ No. 21 Boise State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-14vs North Alabama | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 15 | W 28-14vs San Diego State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 23 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
11%3 pass breakups28 tackles · 2 for loss.
4 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 31-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
47.6%
371 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
70.8
11 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at BYU, 135 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
