Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 28-17vs Arizona | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#5
Nusi Taumoepeau
Sophomore defensive end on BYU's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 242 lb · Saratoga Springs, UT
Returning to BYU for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
2 tackles · 1 hurries
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 tackles, vs Arizona
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive end on BYU's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to BYU in 2025.
Nusi Taumoepeau
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Second year in the BYU defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Arizona, Week 2, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
20255 games
- Signed with BYU3-star out of Westlake
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
BYU
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 14-2 over that span.
2025BYU12-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2026BYU2-0HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 28–17
vs Arizona
2 TOT · 1 QB HUR
With B. Bachmeier — 217 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.7 · 37 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · F. Shurtz — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
BYU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · BYU
Returning around him
- 2 BYU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -5 net (9 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
BYU · Last season: 12-2 (AP #12) · Talent rank #59 · 2026 recruiting class #21
DNA match
Player DNA
Pressure Merchant
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Omar Darame’s 2022 season.
81%match
Matches Omar on
Sack rate
Weight
Class year
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Jaden Thomas's freshman season at Jacksonville State (2023).
Matches Jaden on
Class year
Height
Sack rate
The defensive line · BYU
- #48Bodie Schoonover5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #7Logan Lutui5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #57Keanu Tanuvasa4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #13Tausili Akana3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #5Nusi Taumoepeau2 tackles for loss · 2025
22 more on the roster · BYU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology