Tongiaki Mateialona
Tongiaki Mateialona
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Tongiaki Mateialona has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Nevada. One game to point at: 9 tackles, 0.5 sacks against UNLV — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Nevada, 168 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Vai Taua, Ken Wilson, and Jeff Choate. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024
W 49–16
vs Eastern Washington
7 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL
Dominant 33-point win at home against Eastern Washington.
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jaylin Alderman’s 2023 season.
Matches Jaylin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dameon Wilson's senior season at East Carolina (2025).
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