Malaki Ta'ase
Iowa State Cyclones
85
Great

Malaki Ta'ase

Iowa State CyclonesAverage
RDEDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Washington State
Projected Starter

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Malaki Ta'ase is the projected starter at RDE for Iowa State Cyclones.

Junior · #98 · 6'2", 265 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Iowa State Cyclones

  1. 19885Malaki Ta'aseStarter
  2. 29376Jack Janikowski
  3. 34463Trey Verdon

Iowa State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Iowa State

Iowa State plays Baylor away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Mountain View, ranked #2,808 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 17 tackles, 4 TFL, 2.5 sacks. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,808 NatlTeam Share5%
Mesa, AZ
Jersey
#98
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
265 lbs
Transfer
Washington State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—1742.5

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
0.8056
National Rank
#2808
High School
Mountain View
Hometown
Mesa, AZ

Why this rating?

On a 79-rated defense; 79th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.85 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
79
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 79% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 29% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.85)
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 31WOKSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 51-49

Oct 24LARIZTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-3

Oct 10LBYUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-10

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

Final W 45-42

Sep 12LIOWATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 16-13

Sep 5WSEMOTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-10

Malaki Ta'ase's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

17 tkl · 4 TFL · 2.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement42%
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