Player Dossier

2015-2018

San Diego State

Ronley Lakalaka

LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Kalihi, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ronley Lakalaka shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 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: 2018 Postseason · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Player Story

Ronley Lakalaka built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Kalihi, HI wearing No. 39, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Ronley Lakalaka's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8081

Punahou · Honolulu, HI

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Ronley Lakalaka, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · San Diego State. Ronley Lakalaka shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
204
TFL
14
Sacks
5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Ronley Lakalaka quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · LB
Career Tackles
204
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · San Diego State
Top game
Nevada
Recruit profile
3-star · Punahou · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Punahou · 52 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 39 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
50 tackles · LB 292nd (top 25%) · Mountain West 63rd (top 12%) · National 657th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonSan Diego State14911--036
2016 Regular SeasonSan Diego State146320-1236
2017 PostseasonSan Diego State121510--057.2
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State12674.531-057.2
2018 PostseasonSan Diego State12621--065.4
2018 Regular SeasonSan Diego State12443.5024065.4

Related Context

Ronley Lakalaka played LB for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ronley Lakalaka recorded 204 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

San Diego State paired 13.5 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 35.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · San Diego State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

35.4

Usage

11.8

Consistency

24.4

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Army: 1. UC Davis: 2. Arizona State: 2. Stanford: 0. Air Force: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. UNLV: 0.5. Boise State: 0. Fresno State: 0. Hawai'i: 0. San José State: 0. Nevada: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 15 by 60. UC Davis: 2 by 28.3. Arizona State: 3 by 32.5. Stanford: 4 by 16.7. Air Force: 10 by 41.7. Northern Illinois: 8 by 43.3. UNLV: 6 by 30. Boise State: 8 by 33.3. Fresno State: 10 by 41.7. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. San José State: 4 by 16.7. Nevada: 9 by 67.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

67.5 vs Nevada

Result
Sat 12/23@ Army10+ tacklesL 35-42159100
Sun 11/19vs NevadaSplash gameW 42-2395110
Sun 11/5@ San José StateW 52-740000
Sun 10/29@ Hawai'iW 28-733000
Sun 10/22vs Fresno State10+ tacklesL 3-27108000
Sun 10/15vs Boise StateL 14-3184000
Sun 10/8@ UNLVW 41-10620.5000
Sun 10/1vs Northern IllinoisW 34-2884100
Sat 9/23@ Air Force10+ tacklesW 28-24104000
Sun 9/17vs StanfordW 20-1742000
Sun 9/10@ Arizona StateSplash gameW 30-2031110
Sun 9/3vs UC DavisSplash gameW 38-1722110

Player Story

Ronley Lakalaka story

Ronley Lakalaka built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Kalihi, HI wearing No. 39, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Ronley Lakalaka's career was his defensive production: 204 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with San Diego State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ronley Lakalaka's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across San Diego State.

The arc is straightforward: Ronley Lakalaka moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    San Diego State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonSan Diego State0
2016 PostseasonSan Diego State726.46.27
2016 Regular SeasonSan Diego State726.46.20
2017 PostseasonSan Diego State9.535.411.82.5
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State9.535.411.80
2018 PostseasonSan Diego State13.528.69.34
2018 Regular SeasonSan Diego State13.528.69.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nevada

Week 12 · W 42-23 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Ohio

Week 1 · L 0-27 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#3

@ Nevada

Week 9 · L 24-28 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Houston

Week 1 · W 34-10 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Wyoming

Week 14 · W 27-24 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

71.7 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · San Diego State

13.5 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 9.3 usage

65.4

#2

2018 Regular Season · San Diego State

65.4

13.5 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 9.3 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · San Diego State

57.2

9.5 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 11.8 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

7

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games