Soane Toia
Soane Toia
Wins his gap play after play. Soane Toia has been at San José State through two head coaches in four seasons. He has been named All-Mountain West two seasons running, most recently in 2024. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles, 1.5 TFL against UNLV, Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at San José State, 11 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Mountain West
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brent Brennan → Ken Niumatalolo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Mountain West
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | San José State | 55 | 24 | 10.0 | 5.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | San José State | 35 | 15 | 6.0 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | San José State | 21 | 15 | 5.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | San José State | 24 | 14 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 135 | 68 | 24.0 | 11.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 42–24
vs Sacramento State
2 SOLO · 4 TOT
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
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 Kendy Charles’s 2023 season.
Matches Kendy on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Aeneas Peebles's graduate season at Virginia Tech (2024).
Matches Aeneas on