Matua Whalen — Linfield

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MATUA WHALEN

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2025 SEASON (FINAL) · PLAYER TREND REPORT

2025 SEASON (8 GMS): DEFENSE: 20 TCKL, 5 TFL, 1 SACKS, 0 INT

CAREER (12 GMS): DEFENSE: 26 TCKL, 6.5 TFL, 1.5 SACKS, 0 INT

TREND NOTES

Matua Whalen has 1 forced fumbles in his career; the last vs WILLAMETTE on 10/5/24.
Matua Whalen has never had more than 5 tackles in a game in his career.

WIN SHARES

His share of his team's actual wins. A team's win shares add up to its win total; see “Advanced Metrics Explained” on the Leaders page for the method.

Season	Win Shares	Defense	Team wins	Share of wins	Division rank
2025	0.16	0.16	7	2%	2,169 of 17,729 (D3)
2024	0.06	0.06	10	1%	4,659 of 15,935 (D3)
2023	0.01	0.01	8	0%	10,618 of 18,686 (D3)

2025 GAME LOG

DATE	OPPONENT	TCKL	TFL	SACKS	INT	PD
09/06/2025	vs. WIS.-OSHKOSH	1	0	0	0	--
09/20/2025	vs. CHAPMAN	1	0	0	0	--
10/04/2025	@ GEORGE FOX	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10/11/2025	vs. PACIFIC (OR)	2	0	0	0	--
10/18/2025	vs. WHITWORTH	3	1	0	0	--
10/25/2025	@ PACIFIC LUTHERAN	3	1	0	0	--
11/01/2025	vs. LEWIS & CLARK	4	0	0	0	--
11/08/2025	@ PUGET SOUND	1	1	0	0	--
11/15/2025	vs. WILLAMETTE	5	2	1	0	--
TOTALS	9 GMS	20	5	1	0	0

DATE	OPPONENT	TCKL	TFL	SACKS	INT	PD
2023 SEASON
09/09/2023	@ DENISON	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
09/16/2023	@ REDLANDS	1	0	0	0	--
09/30/2023	vs. WILLAMETTE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10/07/2023	@ LEWIS & CLARK	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10/14/2023	vs. GEORGE FOX	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10/21/2023	@ PUGET SOUND	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10/28/2023	vs. PACIFIC (OR)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
11/04/2023	@ PACIFIC LUTHERAN	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
11/11/2023	vs. WHITWORTH	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2024 SEASON
09/07/2024	vs. DENISON	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
09/14/2024	@ WIS.-OSHKOSH	2	0	0	0	--
09/21/2024	vs. REDLANDS	1	0.5	0.5	0	--
10/05/2024	@ WILLAMETTE	2	1	0	0	--
10/12/2024	vs. LEWIS & CLARK	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10/19/2024	@ GEORGE FOX	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10/26/2024	vs. PUGET SOUND	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
11/02/2024	@ PACIFIC (OR)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
11/09/2024	vs. PACIFIC LUTHERAN	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
11/16/2024	@ WHITWORTH	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
11/30/2024	vs. TEXAS LUTHERAN	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
12/07/2024	vs. MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2025 SEASON
09/06/2025	vs. WIS.-OSHKOSH	1	0	0	0	--
09/20/2025	vs. CHAPMAN	1	0	0	0	--
10/04/2025	@ GEORGE FOX	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10/11/2025	vs. PACIFIC (OR)	2	0	0	0	--
10/18/2025	vs. WHITWORTH	3	1	0	0	--
10/25/2025	@ PACIFIC LUTHERAN	3	1	0	0	--
11/01/2025	vs. LEWIS & CLARK	4	0	0	0	--
11/08/2025	@ PUGET SOUND	1	1	0	0	--
11/15/2025	vs. WILLAMETTE	5	2	1	0	--
CAREER TOTALS	30 GMS	26	6.5	1.5	0	0

"N/A" stands in for a box score that does not have stats entered for this player.

LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS — 2024

DATE	OPPONENT	TCKL	TFL	SACKS	PD
09/14/2024	@ WIS.-OSHKOSH	2	0	0	--
09/21/2024	vs. REDLANDS	1	0.5	0.5	--
10/05/2024	@ WILLAMETTE	2	1	0	--
TOTALS	3 GMS	5	1.5	0.5	0

HIGHS & LOWS

STAT	HIGH	GAME	LOW	GAME
TACKLES	5	11/15/2025 vs Willamette	1	09/16/2023 vs Redlands
SACKS	1	11/15/2025 vs Willamette	0	09/16/2023 vs Redlands

STAT	HIGH	GAME	LOW	GAME
TACKLES	5	11/15/2025 vs Willamette	1	09/06/2025 vs Wis.-Oshkosh
SACKS	1	11/15/2025 vs Willamette	0	09/06/2025 vs Wis.-Oshkosh

CAREER, SEASON BY SEASON

SEASON	GP	TCKL	TFL	SACKS
2023	1	1	0	0
2024	3	5	1.5	0.5
2025	8	20	5	1
TOTALS	12	26	6.5	1.5

CAREER GAME LOG

DATE	OPPONENT	TCKL	TFL	SACKS	PD
09/16/2023	@ REDLANDS	1	0	0	--
09/14/2024	@ WIS.-OSHKOSH	2	0	0	--
09/21/2024	vs. REDLANDS	1	0.5	0.5	--
10/05/2024	@ WILLAMETTE	2	1	0	--
09/06/2025	vs. WIS.-OSHKOSH	1	0	0	--
09/20/2025	vs. CHAPMAN	1	0	0	--
10/11/2025	vs. PACIFIC (OR)	2	0	0	--
10/18/2025	vs. WHITWORTH	3	1	0	--
10/25/2025	@ PACIFIC LUTHERAN	3	1	0	--
11/01/2025	vs. LEWIS & CLARK	4	0	0	--
11/08/2025	@ PUGET SOUND	1	1	0	--
11/15/2025	vs. WILLAMETTE	5	2	1	--
TOTALS	12 GMS	26	6.5	1.5	0