T.J. Pesefea: DL · Arizona State · #44.
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T.J. Pesefea
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Arizona State. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 sack against UCLA — Week 10, 2022.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arizona State | 39 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 2021 | Arizona State | 20 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Arizona State | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 72 | 34 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-3vs Northern Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-34@ No. 11 Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-30vs Eastern Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-34vs No. 13 Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 25-42@ No. 6 USC | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-38vs No. 21 Washington | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-15@ Stanford | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-34@ Colorado | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-50vs No. 10 UCLA | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 18-28@ Washington State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-31vs No. 25 Oregon State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-38@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%5 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
5%2 hurries39 tackles · 5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Herm Edwards
Pass share
51.5%
402 pass / 378 run
Plays / game
65.0
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
39 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Arizona State, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Herm Edwards → Shaun Aguano. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
