Naki Fahina
Naki Fahina
Wins his gap play after play. Naki Fahina has played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. The receipt: 5 tackles against McNeese — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling, and Bronco Mendenhall. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah State | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | New Mexico State | 29 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | UNLV | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | UNLV | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | UNLV | 18 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 58 | 21 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 48–7
vs McNeese
5 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 41-point win at home against McNeese.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Utah State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Utah State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #114 · 2026 recruiting class #97
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Lee’s 2022 season.
Matches Isaiah on
Differs from Isaiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.