Liona Lefau
Colorado Buffaloes
89
Great

Liona Lefau

Colorado BuffaloesAverage
WLBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Texas
Projected Starter

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Liona Lefau is the projected starter at WLB for Colorado Buffaloes.

Senior · #17 · 6'1", 230 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Colorado Buffaloes

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Kahuku, ranked #406 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 68 tackles, 2 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 83th-percentile production nationally — good for a 89 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #406 NatlTeam Share8%Percentile83th
Kahuku, HI
Jersey
#17
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
230 lbs
Transfer
Texas

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—6820

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8933
National Rank
#406
High School
Kahuku
Hometown
Kahuku, HI

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 83th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.99 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 89.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 83% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 11% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 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 3LTTUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 29-7

Sep 26LBAYTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-13

Sep 19LNUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-7

Sep 12WWEBTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-21

Sep 4WGTTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 14-13

Liona Lefau's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

68 tkl · 2 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement50%
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