6′1″ · 290 lb · Westlake Village, CA · Westlake
Tony Mekari: DT · California · #97.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tony Mekari
Wins his gap play after play. Tony Mekari has been at California through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Weber State — Week 2, 2017.
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
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Sports Illustrated Oct 9
The Washington Post Oct 7Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | California | 20 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | California | 35 | 10 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
| Career | 55 | 21 | 6.5 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-30@ North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-20vs Weber State | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 27-16vs Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-45@ Oregon | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-38@ No. 6 Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-3vs No. 8 Washington State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 44-45vs Arizona | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-23vs Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-17@ No. 20 Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30@ UCLA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry20 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
53.6%
473 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
73.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
532 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at California, 55 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Justin Wilcox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
