Nusi Taumoepeau
BYU Cougars
89
Great

Nusi Taumoepeau

BYU CougarsContender
ROLBDefenseGreat
Projected Starter

Is Nusi Taumoepeau starting?

Nusi Taumoepeau is the projected starter at ROLB for BYU Cougars.

Sophomore · #5 · 6'3", 242 lbs

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Depth at ROLB · BYU Cougars

  1. 1589Nusi TaumoepeauStarter
  2. 23072Braxton Lindsey
  3. 31064Orion Maile-Kaufusi
  4. 45964Siosefa Brown

BYU Starting Lineup

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Up next for BYU

BYU plays Utah 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 Westlake, ranked #584 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 12 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 89 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #584 NatlTeam Share2%
Saratoga Springs, UT
Jersey
#5
Class
SO
Height
6'3"
Weight
242 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251221

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
0.8832
National Rank
#584
High School
Westlake
Hometown
Saratoga Springs, UT

Why this rating?

On a 91-rated defense; 66th-percentile production (×0.97 for competition level) put them -1 vs unit starters → 89.

Team defense (SP+)
91
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 66% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 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 31WASUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-20

Oct 24LUCFTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-31 2OT

Oct 17WNDTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-24

Oct 10WISUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-10

Oct 3WTCUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 17-10

Sep 20WCSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-23

Sep 12WARIZTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-17

Nusi Taumoepeau's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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89
Great
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Team Role

12 tkl · 2 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement33%
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