Player Dossier

2014-2017

Washington State

Frankie Luvu

LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Tafuna, American Samoa

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Frankie Luvu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Washington State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Washington State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Player Story

Frankie Luvu built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Tafuna wearing No. 51, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Frankie Luvu's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.82

Tafuna · Pago Pago, AS

Committed To
Washington State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Frankie Luvu, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Washington State. Frankie Luvu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
90
TFL
18
Sacks
7
QB hurries
5

Quick Answers

Frankie Luvu quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington State · LB
Career Tackles
90
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Washington State
Top game
Boise State
Recruit profile
3-star · Tafuna · Washington State
High school pipeline
Tafuna · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 51 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
44 tackles · LB 334th (top 31%) · Pac-12 79th (top 15%) · National 858th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonWashington State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonWashington State00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonWashington State12410--052.3
2016 Regular SeasonWashington State124261.53-052.3
2017 PostseasonWashington State1241.50--063.1
2017 Regular SeasonWashington State12409.55.52-063.1

Related Context

Frankie Luvu played LB for Washington State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Frankie Luvu recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Washington State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Washington State paired 20.5 primary output with 32.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 32.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2017 Postseason · Washington State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.7

Efficiency

32.4

Usage

9.2

Consistency

43.9

Best Game by takeover score

Boise State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 2.5. Montana State: 0.5. Boise State: 5. Oregon State: 2. Nevada: 0.5. USC: 1. Oregon: 3. California: 0. Colorado: 4. Arizona: 0.5. Stanford: 1.5. Washington: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan State: 4 by 41.7. Montana State: 3 by 17.5. Boise State: 5 by 70.8. Oregon State: 3 by 32.5. Nevada: 2 by 13.3. USC: 1 by 14.2. Oregon: 9 by 67.5. California: 3 by 12.5. Colorado: 4 by 56.7. Arizona: 4 by 21.7. Stanford: 3 by 27.5. Washington: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.2 · Games = 8 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -1.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boise State

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Boise State

Result
Fri 12/29@ Michigan StateSplash gameL 17-42421.50010
Sun 11/26@ WashingtonL 14-4132000
Sat 11/4vs StanfordW 24-21310.50010
Sun 10/29@ ArizonaL 37-58430.5000
Sun 10/22vs Colorado2+ sacks · Splash gameW 28-043220
Sat 10/14@ CaliforniaL 3-3732000
Sun 10/8@ OregonSplash gameW 33-1095210
Sat 9/30vs USCW 30-2711000
Sat 9/23vs NevadaW 45-7200.5000
Sat 9/16vs Oregon StateSplash gameW 52-2333100
Sun 9/10vs Boise State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 47-44532.502.500
Sun 9/3vs Montana StateW 31-0310.5000

Player Story

Frankie Luvu story

Frankie Luvu built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Tafuna wearing No. 51, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Frankie Luvu's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Frankie Luvu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Washington State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonWashington State0
2015 Regular SeasonWashington State00
2016 PostseasonWashington State11.525.67.911.5
2016 Regular SeasonWashington State11.525.67.90
2017 PostseasonWashington State20.532.49.29
2017 Regular SeasonWashington State20.532.49.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Boise State

Week 2 · W 47-44

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Colorado

Week 8 · W 28-0 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

vs California

Week 11 · W 56-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Oregon

Week 6 · W 33-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Stanford

Week 6 · W 42-16 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Washington State

20.5 primary output · 32.4 efficiency · 9.2 usage

63.1

#2

2017 Regular Season · Washington State

63.1

20.5 primary · 32.4 efficiency · 9.2 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Washington State

52.3

11.5 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 7.9 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games