Defensive line, Hawai’i, 2018–⁠22

Blessman Ta’ala

Number: No. 55
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 305 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Aua, American Samoa

Blessman Ta’ala played defensive line at Hawai’i (2018–⁠22).

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2018	Hawai’i	29	16	3.5	0	0	2
2019	Hawai’i	19	12	3.5	1	2	0
2020	Hawai’i	15	6	1.5	0	0	1
2021	Hawai’i	30	14	6	1	1	1
2022	Hawai’i	40	17	5.5	2	0	2
Career		133	65	20	4	3	6

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Hawai’i	55	DL	Yr 1
2019	Hawai’i	55	DL	Yr 2
2020	Hawai’i	55	DL	Yr 3
2021	Hawai’i	55	DL	Yr 4
2022	Hawai’i	55	DL	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′2″	305

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 Hawai’i 12 games, 40 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 3	vs.Western Kentucky	L 17–⁠49	2	1	0	0
Sep 10	atMichigan	L 10–⁠56	1	1	1	1
Sep 17	vs.Duquesne	W 24–⁠14	5	1	0.5	0
Sep 24	atNew Mexico State	L 26–⁠45	2	1	0	0
Oct 8	atSan Diego State	L 14–⁠16	3	0	0	0
Oct 15	vs.Nevada	W 31–⁠16	3	1	0	0
Oct 22	atColorado State	L 13–⁠17	4	2	1	0
Oct 29	vs.Wyoming	L 20–⁠27	6	4	1	0
Nov 5	atFresno State	L 13–⁠55	1	1	0	0
Nov 12	vs.Utah State	L 34–⁠41	5	1	1	1
Nov 19	vs.UNLV	W 31–⁠25	1	1	0	0
Nov 26	atSan José State	L 14–⁠27	7	3	1	0

2021 Hawai’i 10 games, 30 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 18	vs.San José State	L 13–⁠17	4	2	1.5	0	0
Sep 25	atNew Mexico State	W 41–⁠21	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 2	vs.Fresno State	W 27–⁠24	3	2	2	1	1
Oct 16	atNevada	L 17–⁠34	3	2	0	0	0
Oct 23	vs.New Mexico State	W 48–⁠34	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 30	atUtah State	L 31–⁠51	2	0	0.5	0	0
Nov 6	vs.San Diego State	L 10–⁠17	4	1	0	0	0
Nov 13	atUNLV	L 13–⁠27	4	2	0	0	0
Nov 20	vs.Colorado State	W 50–⁠45	2	2	1	0	0
Nov 27	atWyoming	W 38–⁠14	4	1	1	0	0

2020 Hawai’i 6 games, 15 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Nov 14	atSan Diego State	L 10–⁠34	3	2	1
Nov 21	vs.Boise State	L 32–⁠40	3	1	0.5
Nov 28	vs.Nevada	W 24–⁠21	2	1	0
Dec 5	atSan José State	L 24–⁠35	3	1	0
Dec 12	vs.UNLV	W 38–⁠21	2	0	0
Dec 24 ✦	vs.Houston	W 28–⁠14	2	1	0

2019 Hawai’i 12 games, 19 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 24	vs.Arizona	W 45–⁠38	1	1	0	0	1
Sep 7	vs.Oregon State	W 31–⁠28	3	1	0.5	0	1
Sep 14	atWashington	L 20–⁠52	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Central Arkansas	W 35–⁠16	2	2	1	0	0
Sep 28	atNevada	W 54–⁠3	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 26	atNew Mexico	W 45–⁠31	1	1	1	1	0
Nov 2	vs.Fresno State	L 38–⁠41	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 9	vs.San José State	W 42–⁠40	3	2	0	0	0
Nov 16	atUNLV	W 21–⁠7	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.San Diego State	W 14–⁠11	2	1	0	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Army	W 52–⁠31	2	1	1	0	0
Dec 7	atBoise State	L 10–⁠31	1	0	0	0	0

2018 Hawai’i 12 games, 29 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Aug 25	atColorado State	W 43–⁠34	1	0	0
Sep 1	vs.Navy	W 59–⁠41	3	1	0
Sep 8	vs.Rice	W 43–⁠29	3	2	1
Sep 15	atArmy	L 21–⁠28	1	0	0.5
Sep 22	vs.Duquesne	W 42–⁠21	2	1	1
Oct 6	vs.Wyoming	W 17–⁠13	3	1	0
Oct 13	atBYU	L 23–⁠49	1	1	0
Oct 20	vs.Nevada	L 22–⁠40	2	2	0
Oct 27	atFresno State	L 20–⁠50	1	1	0
Nov 17	vs.UNLV	W 35–⁠28	4	2	0
Nov 24	atSan Diego State	W 31–⁠30	2	2	0
Dec 22 ✦	vs.Louisiana Tech	L 14–⁠31	6	3	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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