Senior defensive tackle on Oklahoma State's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 305 lb · Waimanalo, HI
The numbers
sacks · 2025
Best game: 1 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Kansas State
His career numbers, season by seasonHow he plays
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
Passes defended: 48th percentile.
The full scouting readSitiveni Kaufusi
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Sitiveni Kaufusi has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Kansas State — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Gundy → Doug Meacham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UCLA | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | UCLA | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | UCLA | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 33 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-7vs UT Martin | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-69@ Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 12-19vs Tulsa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-39vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-49vs Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-42@ Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-14vs Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20vs Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 27–7
vs UT Martin
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (13th percentile).
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.
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries13 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Pass share
50.8%
120 pass / 116 run
Plays / game
78.7
3 games
Team sack rate
2.3%
132 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
13 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sitiveni Kaufusi’s 2024 season.
Matches Sitiveni on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Tyler Bentley's senior season at Pittsburgh (2023).
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Player DNA