Malachi Finau
San Diego State Aztecs
68
Depth

Malachi Finau

San Diego State AztecsRebuilding
NTDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Malachi Finau starting?

Malachi Finau is the projected starter at NT for San Diego State Aztecs.

Redshirt senior · #6 · 6'1", 315 lbs

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Depth at NT · San Diego State Aztecs

  1. 1668Malachi FinauStarter
  2. 21162Krishna Clay

San Diego State Starting Lineup

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Up next for San Diego State

San Diego State plays Utah State at home on Sat, Nov 14. The listed kickoff time is 09:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of St. John Bosco, ranked #2,281 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 18 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 68 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,281 NatlTeam Share2%
Los Angeles, CA
Jersey
#6
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
315 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025180.50

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
0.8094
National Rank
#2281
High School
St. John Bosco
Hometown
Bellflower, CA

Why this rating?

On a 70-rated defense; 55th-percentile production (×0.89 for competition level) put them -2 vs unit starters → 68.

Team defense (SP+)
70
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 55% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.89)
Depth-chart adjustment
-2 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 24LCSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 56-49

Oct 18WFRESTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 26-23

Oct 4WTXSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-29

Sep 26LTOLTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-16

Sep 20LJMUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 26-13

Sep 12LUCLATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-10

Sep 6WPRSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 53-20

Malachi Finau's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

18 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement67%
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