Fata Puloka
Sacramento State Hornets
56
Depth

Fata Puloka

Sacramento State HornetsRebuilding
WHIPDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Fata Puloka starting?

Fata Puloka is the projected starter at WHIP for Sacramento State Hornets.

Redshirt junior · #18 · 6'3", 224 lbs

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Depth at WHIP · Sacramento State Hornets

  1. 11856Fata PulokaStarter
  2. 22656Tim Thomas

Sacramento State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Sacramento State

Sacramento State plays Toledo at home on Wed, Nov 4. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 2-star recruit out of Monterey Trail, ranked #2,811 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 1 tackles, 1 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 56 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit2★ · #2,811 Natl2-Yr Total6 tackles · 1 sacksTeam Share1%
Sacramento, CA
Jersey
#18
Class
RS JR
Height
6'3"
Weight
224 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025110
2024511

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★☆☆☆2-star
Composite
0.7800
National Rank
#2811
High School
Monterey Trail
Hometown
Elk Grove, CA

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 24th-percentile production (×0.76 for competition level) put them -6 vs unit starters → 56.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 24% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
Depth-chart adjustment
-6 for role

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 31WKENTTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-10

Oct 24LBALLTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-17

Oct 10LBGSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-10

Sep 27LMASSTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-6

Sep 20LNDSUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-10

Sep 13LFRESTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-3

Sep 6WMVSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-0

Aug 29LEMUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-17

Fata Puloka's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 1 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement8%
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