Linebacker, UTSA, 2015–18
Josiah Tauaefa
- Number
- No. 55
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Class (2018)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Corinth, TX
- Born
- Mar 5, 1997
Josiah Tauaefa played linebacker at UTSA (2015–18).
Career highs
15tackles, career highat Old Dominion, 20162.5sacks, career highvs. Texas State, 2018Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
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
2018 UTSA 12 games, 111 tackles, 4.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Arizona State | L 7–49 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Baylor | L 20–37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | at Kansas State | L 17–41 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Texas State | W 25–21 | 9 | 7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. UTEP | W 30–21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | at Rice | W 20–3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Louisiana Tech | L 3–31 | 13 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | at Southern Miss | L 17–27 | 13 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | at UAB | L 3–52 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Florida International | L 7–45 | 10 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | at Marshall | L 0–23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. North Texas | L 21–24 | 14 | 8 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2017 UTSA 8 games, 29 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | atBaylor | W 17–10 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Southern | W 51–17 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | atTexas State | W 44–14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Southern Miss | L 29–31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atNorth Texas | L 26–29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | atUTEP | W 31–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Marshall | W 9–7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atLouisiana Tech | L 6–20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 UTSA 13 games, 115 tackles, 6 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Alabama State | W 26–13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Colorado State | L 14–23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs.Arizona State | L 28–32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Old Dominion | L 19–33 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Southern Miss | W 55–32 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atRice | W 14–13 | 10 | 5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.UTEP | L 49–52 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.North Texas | W 31–17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Middle Tennessee | W 45–25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | atLouisiana Tech | L 35–63 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | at Texas A&M | L 10–23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Charlotte | W 33–14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. New Mexico | L 20–23 | 11 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
In the NFL
1 season, 3 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New York Giants | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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