Anelu Lafaele
Michigan State Spartans
73
Average

Anelu Lafaele

Michigan State SpartansRebuilding
RDEDefenseAverage
2nd String / Backup

Is Anelu Lafaele starting?

Anelu Lafaele is listed 2nd string at RDE for Michigan State Spartans.

Redshirt sophomore · #11 · 6'2", 240 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Michigan State Spartans

  1. 1188Kenny Soares Jr.Starter
  2. 21173Anelu LafaeleYou
  3. 3858Trey Lisle

Michigan State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Michigan State

Michigan State plays Michigan away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Farrington, ranked #603 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 7 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 73 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #603 NatlTeam Share3%
Kalihi, HI
Jersey
#11
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
240 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025722

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8828
National Rank
#603
High School
Farrington
Hometown
Honolulu, HI

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated defense; 67th-percentile production (×0.87 for competition level) put them -1 vs unit starters → 73.

Team defense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 67% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24LUCLATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-10

Oct 17LNUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-21

Oct 10LILLTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-37 OT

Oct 3LWISTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-3

Sep 26LNEBTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-13

Sep 12WEMUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-7

Anelu Lafaele's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

7 tkl · 2 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement33%
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