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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Hawai'i
Jahlani Tavai
LB • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Redondo Beach, CA, USA
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Jahlani Tavai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Hawai'i
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Hawai'i
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Player Story
Jahlani Tavai built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Redondo Beach, CA wearing No. 31, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of Jahlani Tavai's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Hawai'i
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 11
- Overall
- No. 43
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Jahlani Tavai, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Hawai'i. Jahlani Tavai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.2 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Jahlani Tavai quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Hawai'i · LB
- Career Tackles
- 334
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Hawai'i
- Top game
- San José State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Mira Costa · Hawai'i
- High school pipeline
- Mira Costa · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 2 · Pick 11 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 82 tackles · LB 115th (top 10%) · Mountain West 23rd (top 5%) · National 164th (top 3%)
Jahlani Tavai played LB for Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jahlani Tavai recorded 334 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Hawai'i.
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