Linebacker, Notre Dame, 2009–12
Manti Te’o
- Number
- No. 5
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Laie, HI
- Born
- Jan 26, 1991, in Lāʻie, Hawaii
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Manti Te’o played linebacker at Notre Dame (2009–12). He won the 2012 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the 2012 Butkus Award, the 2012 Chuck Bednarik Award and the 2012 Lombardi Award. He finished second in the 2012 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2012. The San Diego Chargers took Te’o in round 2, No. 38 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2012Bronko Nagurski Trophy
- 2012Butkus Award
- 2012Chuck Bednarik Award
- 2012Lombardi Award
- 2012Maxwell Award
- 2012Walter Camp Award
- 2012Lott IMPACT Trophy
- 2012Senior CLASS Award
- 2012Consensus All‑American
- 2012Second in the Heisman vote
All-America: consensus 2012; AP second team 2011; Walter Camp second team 2011; Scout.com second team 2011
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Tackles | Fumbles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Ast | Tot | FF | |
| 2009 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 0 |
| 2010 | 66 | 67 | 133 | 1 |
| 2011 | 62 | 66 | 128 | 1 |
| 2012 | 55 | 58 | 113 | 0 |
| Career | 212 | 225 | 437 | 2 |
From the college statistics table in Te’o’s Wikipedia article (Manti Teʻo, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010N | 13 | 66 | 67 | 133 | 9.5 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – |
| 2011 | 13 | 62 | 66 | 128 | 13.5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 13 | 55 | 58 | 113 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| On file | 212 | 225 | 437 | 34 | 8.5 | – | 10 | 2 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Notre Dame | 5 | ILB | |
| 2010 | Notre Dame | 5 | ILB | |
| 2011 | Notre Dame | 5 | ILB | |
| 2012 | Notre Dame | 5 | ILB | 6′2″ |
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
2012 Notre Dame 6 games with an interception on file, 7 INT
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 | Combine or pro day 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1¼″ | |
| Weight | 241 lb | |
| Arm length | 32½″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| Wingspan | 76″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.82 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.67 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ | |
| Bench press | 21 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.13 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.27 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 59 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | San Diego Chargers | 12 | 65 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2016 | San Diego Chargers | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | New Orleans Saints | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | New Orleans Saints | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 59 | 262 | 1.5 | 2 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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