With the Cleveland Browns, 2019. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, BYU, 2014–⁠18

Sione Takitaki

Number: No. 16
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 231 lb
Class (2018): Senior
Hometown: Fontana, CA
Born: Jun 8, 1995, in Fontana, California

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Sione Takitaki played linebacker at BYU (2014–⁠18). The Cleveland Browns took Takitaki in round 3, No. 80 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

Best season: 101; Tackles, 2018 (BYU, 7–⁠6)
Best game: 19 tackles; Vs. Western Michigan, bowl season 2018: No. 1 defensive game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 80; Round 3, 2019 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

19tackles, career highvs. Western Michigan, 2018 2sacks, career highvs. Portland State, 2017

Defense

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

101

4–⁠97–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2017	BYU	79	43	12.5	5	2	4
2018	BYU	101	61	7	2	3	3
Career		180	104	19.5	7	5	7

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2014	BYU	16	LB	RS
2015	BYU	16	LB	Fr.
2016	BYU	16	LB	So.
2017	BYU	16	LB	Jr.
2018	BYU	16	LB	Sr.	6′2″	231

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 BYU 11 games, 101 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 1	atArizona	W 28–⁠23	4	4	0	0	2
Sep 8	vs.California	L 18–⁠21	5	5	2	0	1
Sep 15	atWisconsin	W 24–⁠21	12	7	1	0	0
Sep 22	vs.McNeese	W 30–⁠3	4	3	0	0	0
Sep 29	atWashington	L 7–⁠35	6	5	0	0	0
Oct 5	vs.Utah State	L 20–⁠45	9	6	0	0	0
Oct 13	vs.Hawai’i	W 49–⁠23	6	3	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Northern Illinois	L 6–⁠7	11	8	1	1	0
Nov 3	atBoise State	L 16–⁠21	11	4	0	0	0
Nov 10	atMassachusetts	W 35–⁠16	14	7	2	0	0
Dec 21 ✦	vs.Western Michigan	W 49–⁠18	19	9	1	1	0

2017 BYU 13 games, 79 tackles, 5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 26	vs.Portland State	W 20–⁠6	7	6	3	2	0
Sep 2	vs.LSU	L 0–⁠27	5	2	1	0	0
Sep 9	vs.Utah	L 13–⁠19	3	1	0	0	0
Sep 16	vs.Wisconsin	L 6–⁠40	2	0	0.5	0	0
Sep 29	atUtah State	L 24–⁠40	9	2	1.5	0.5	0
Oct 6	vs.Boise State	L 7–⁠24	4	2	0	0	0
Oct 14	atMississippi State	L 10–⁠35	10	3	0	0	0
Oct 21	atEast Carolina	L 17–⁠33	5	2	0	0	0
Oct 28	vs.San José State	W 41–⁠20	7	5	2	1	0
Nov 4	atFresno State	L 13–⁠20	11	8	1.5	0	1
Nov 10	atUNLV	W 31–⁠21	5	3	0	0	1
Nov 18	vs.Massachusetts	L 10–⁠16	6	6	2	1	0
Nov 25	atHawai’i	W 30–⁠20	5	3	1	0.5	0

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2019 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 24–⁠34).

Drill	Combine 2019
Height	6′1⅛″
Weight	238 lb
Arm length	32″
Hand size	9⅝″
Wingspan	75⅜″^W
40-yard dash	4.63 s
10-yard split	1.53 s^W
Vertical jump	37″
Broad jump	10′5″
Bench press	24 reps
3-cone drill	7.21 s
20-yard shuttle	4.28 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 78 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2019	Cleveland Browns	12	19	0	0
2020	Cleveland Browns	15	65	1	1
2021	Cleveland Browns	14	43	0	0
2022	Cleveland Browns	11	68	1	0
2023	Cleveland Browns	14	58	2	1
2024	New England Patriots	10	21	0	0
2025	Minnesota Vikings	2	3	0	0
NFL career		78	277	4	2

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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At a glance

Career highs

Defense

On the roster

Game by game

Before the draft

In the NFL