Marist Liufau came into his rookie campaign several spots down on the depth chart, being the youngster in the room. He also entered the building with a ton of promise, making for an interesting linebacker competition between himself and Damone Clark for playing time behind veteran Eric Kendricks and promising second-year sensation DeMarvion Overshown.
Due to Kendricks and Overshown playing out of their minds, Liufau was only able to get his feet just a little wet in Week 1 versus the Cleveland Browns as he logged nine snaps and made two tackles. Over the next six games, Liufau got some valuable experience logging no fewer than 24 snaps and played his most in Week 2 over that span with 39 snaps while registering 13 tackles.