Last confirmed: Utah, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · Provo, UT · Timpview
Pita Taumoepenu: DE · Utah · #50.
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Pita Taumoepenu
Wins the corner before the tackle can set. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has 1 seasons of production at Utah behind him. One game to point at: 4 tackles against USC — Week 4, 2016.
Play style
Bends the edge and wins with first-step quickness. Lighter frame, relentless motor.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Utah | 41 | 27 | 12.0 | 9.0 |
| Career | 41 | 27 | 12.0 | 9.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-0vs Southern Utah | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19vs BYU | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 34-17@ San José State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-27vs USC | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-28@ California | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 36-23vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-45@ UCLA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-31vs No. 4 Washington | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-26@ Arizona State | 6 | 6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 12 | L 28-30vs Oregon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-27@ No. 9 Colorado | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 26-24vs Indiana | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 27 | 12.0 | 9.0 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2016
W 49-26
3 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 23-point win on the road against Arizona State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
22%9 sacksTFL rate
29%12 TFLHurry rate
10%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
69%9 of 13 pressures41 tackles · 12 for loss · 9 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Pass share
40.1%
398 pass / 594 run
Plays / game
76.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
440 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
41 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Utah, 9 sacks — drafted at #202 overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.
Where he ended up · NFL
San Francisco 49ersEntering 10th NFL season
San Francisco 49ersEntering 10th NFL season
