Last confirmed: Boise State, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 283 lb · Sandy, UT · Alta
Sonatane Lui: NT · Boise State · #98.
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Sonatane Lui
Wins his gap play after play. He has spent four seasons in the Boise State defensive front. On tape: 16 tackles against Air Force, Week 4, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Boise State | 49 | 21 | 6.0 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | Boise State | 24 | 10 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | Boise State | 18 | 8 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | Boise State | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Career | 101 | 43 | 11.5 | 5.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-31@ Florida State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 14-7vs Marshall | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-10vs Portland State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-19vs Air Force | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 38-13@ UNLV | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 25-28@ BYU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-42@ San José State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-17vs Wyoming | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-9vs New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-21@ Utah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-24@ Colorado State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 31-10vs Hawai'i | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 49 | 21 | 6.0 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Week 15 · 2019
W 31-10
vs Hawai'i
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 21-point win at home against Hawai'i.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%6 TFLSack rate
9%4 sacksHurry rate
2%1 hurry49 tackles · 6 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Bryan Harsin — 43-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryan Harsin
Pass share
47.8%
463 pass / 505 run
Plays / game
69.1
14 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
500 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
49 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Boise State, 101 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 37 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bryan Harsin.
