Player Dossier

2015-2018

UNLV

Salanoa-Alo Wily

DL • 6'0" • 295 lbs • Laie, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Salanoa-Alo Wily shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Salanoa-Alo Wily built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Laie, HI wearing No. 42, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Salanoa-Alo Wily's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7974

Kahuku · Kahuku, HI

Committed To
UNLV
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Salanoa-Alo Wily, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · UNLV. Salanoa-Alo Wily shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
72
TFL
10.5
Sacks
4
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Salanoa-Alo Wily quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · DL
Career Tackles
72
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 32 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · UNLV
Top game
San José State
Recruit profile
3-star · Kahuku · UNLV
High school pipeline
Kahuku · 81 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 42 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
37 tackles · DL 97th (top 13%) · Mountain West 97th (top 18%) · National 1,084th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonUNLV10-0--050
2016 Regular SeasonUNLV11152.51--019.9
2017 Regular SeasonUNLV82011--016.3
2018 Regular SeasonUNLV1237721-050

Related Context

Salanoa-Alo Wily played DL for UNLV. Across 4 tracked seasons, Salanoa-Alo Wily recorded 72 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

UNLV paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

21.2

Usage

6.6

Consistency

23.9

Best Game by takeover score

San José State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 0.5. UTEP: 0. Prairie View A&M: 0. Arkansas State: 0. New Mexico: 1. Utah State: 0. Air Force: 1. San José State: 4.5. Fresno State: 0. San Diego State: 1. Hawai'i: 2. Nevada: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 1 by 9.2. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Prairie View A&M: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas State: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico: 3 by 22.5. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 2 by 18.3. San José State: 7 by 74.2. Fresno State: 4 by 16.7. San Diego State: 2 by 18.3. Hawai'i: 6 by 45. Nevada: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 8 · +0.9 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

San José State

Best efficiency game

74.2 vs San José State

Result
Sun 11/25vs NevadaW 34-2940000
Sun 11/18@ Hawai'iSplash gameL 28-35621.500.500
Sun 11/11@ San Diego StateW 27-24210.500.500
Sun 11/4vs Fresno StateL 3-4842000
Sat 10/27@ San José StateSplash gameL 37-50732.5010
Sat 10/20vs Air ForceL 35-4121100
Sat 10/13@ Utah StateL 28-5910000
Sat 10/6vs New MexicoL 14-5032100
Sat 9/22@ Arkansas StateL 20-2731000
Sun 9/16vs Prairie View A&MW 46-1721000
Sun 9/9vs UTEPW 52-2421000
Sat 9/1@ USCL 21-43100.5000

Player Story

Salanoa-Alo Wily story

Salanoa-Alo Wily built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Laie, HI wearing No. 42, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Salanoa-Alo Wily's career was his defensive production: 72 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, and 4 sacks across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Salanoa-Alo Wily's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UNLV

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUNLV00
2016 Regular SeasonUNLV3.58.92.83.5
2017 Regular SeasonUNLV212.93.4-1.5
2018 Regular SeasonUNLV1021.26.68

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San José State

Week 9 · L 37-50 · Conference game

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

91.4 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Ohio State

Week 4 · L 21-54

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Idaho

Week 4 · L 30-33

2

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Hawai'i

Week 12 · L 28-35 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Air Force

Week 8 · L 35-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · UNLV

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

50

#2

2018 Regular Season · UNLV

50

10 primary · 21.2 efficiency · 6.6 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · UNLV

19.9

3.5 primary · 8.9 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games