NFL production
NFL Career Totals
- NFL games
- 101
- Defensive tackles
- 466
- Defensive sacks
- 5.5
- Interceptions
- 4
Regular-season games in matched NFL outcome rows.
Jahlani Tavai After College
Follow Jahlani Tavai from college production into verified NFL season and career outcomes.
- 1
Hawai'i
2014-2018
College stop
- 2
NFL Draft
2019
2019 · Round 2 · Pick 43 · No. 43 · DET
- 3
DET
2019-2020
NFL regular-season production
- 4
NE
2021-2025
NFL regular-season production
Draft and outcome
NFL Outcome Snapshot
- Draft
- 2019 · Round 2 · Pick 43 · No. 43 · DET
- Status
- ACT
- Latest NFL team
- NE
- NFL span
- 2019-2025
- Starts
- 4
- Weighted AV
- 34
- Draft AV
- 7
NFL season
Best NFL Season
2023 · NE
- Games
- 17
- Defensive impact
- 136
- Position percentile
- 96
- Tackles
- 110
- Sacks
- 1
- Interceptions
- 2
NFL season
Latest NFL Season
2025 · NE
- Games
- 12
- Defensive impact
- 42
- Position percentile
- 69
- Tackles
- 42
Season ledger
NFL Season-by-Season Stats
| Season | Team | Games | Production | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Defense | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Reg | NELB | 12 | 42Defensive impact · 69th | — | — | — | 42 tkl | 0 |
| 2024 Reg | NELB | 17 | 131Defensive impact · 95th | — | — | — | 115 tkl · 1 sack · 1 int | 0 |
| 2023 Reg | NELB | 17 | 136Defensive impact · 96th | — | — | — | 110 tkl · 1 sack · 2 int | 0 |
| 2022 Reg | NELB | 17 | 78Defensive impact · 83th | — | — | — | 69 tkl · 1.5 sack | 0 |
| 2021 Reg | NELB | 9 | 14Defensive impact · 43th | — | — | — | 14 tkl | 0 |
| 2020 Reg | DETLB | 15 | 58Defensive impact · 76th | — | — | — | 58 tkl | 0 |
| 2019 Reg | DETLB | 14 | 80Defensive impact · 84th | — | — | — | 58 tkl · 2 sack · 1 int | 0 |
Career Translation Arc
Grouped stops from college peak through verified NFL teams.
College
Hawai'i
2014-2018
Draft
NFL Draft
2019
NFL
DET
2019-2020
NFL
NE
2021-2025
College-to-NFL Fingerprint
- College peak90
- NFL peak96
- Durability100
- Draft capital84
- Shape match94
College-to-NFL Readout
The player paired an upper-tier college profile with upper-tier NFL production among same-position pros.
- Best college season
- 2014
- College percentile
- 90th
- NFL percentile
- 96th
Hawai'i: 0 primary output
Same-position college production sample.
Matched same-position NFL outcome sample.
NFL Production Trend
2019202020212022202320242025
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