6′1″ · 300 lb · South Jordan, UT
Kesni Tausinga: DL · BYU · #94.
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Kesni Tausinga
Wins his gap play after play. Second year in the BYU defensive front. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Mississippi State — 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
29 tackles. 2 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-6vs Portland State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 0-27@ No. 13 LSU | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-19vs Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-40vs No. 10 Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-40@ Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-24vs Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-35@ Mississippi State | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 17-33@ East Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-20vs San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-20@ Fresno State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-16vs Massachusetts | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-20@ Hawai'i | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry29 tackles · 2 for loss.
2 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 13-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
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
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at BYU — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Kalani Sitake. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
