Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Oregon
Taki Taimani
DL • 6'3" • 330 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Taki Taimani shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Washington
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Washington • Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
Taki Taimani built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 55, spending time with Oregon and Washington. The clearest part of Taki Taimani's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Washington
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Taki Taimani, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Washington. Taki Taimani shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 102
- TFL
- 6
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Taki Taimani quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon · DL
- Career Tackles
- 102
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Washington
- Top game
- Oregon State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · East · Washington
- High school pipeline
- East · 36 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · DL 307th (top 31%) · Pac-12 167th (top 31%) · National 1,850th (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Washington | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Washington | 9 | 14 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Washington | 4 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington | 11 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oregon | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon | 12 | 20 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 22.1 |
Related Context
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Taki Taimani played DL for Washington and Oregon. Across 5 tracked seasons, Taki Taimani recorded 102 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Washington.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Washington paired 5 primary output with 20.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington, Oregon.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Oregon
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
9.7
Usage
2.4
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 0. Portland State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Stanford: 1. Washington: 0.5. Washington State: 0. Utah: 0. California: 0. USC: 0. Oregon State: 1. Washington: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 2 by 8.3. Portland State: 2 by 8.3. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 6 by 35. Washington: 1 by 9.2. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. Utah: 1 by 4.2. California: 2 by 8.3. USC: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 1 by 14.2. Washington: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.2 · Games = 10 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · +0.0 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
Stanford
Best efficiency game
35 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1/1 | vs Liberty | W 45-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/2 | @ Washington | L 31-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Oregon State | W 31-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | vs USC | W 36-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs California | W 63-19 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Utah | W 35-6 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Washington State | W 38-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Washington | L 33-36 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Stanford | W 42-6 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs Hawai'i | W 55-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Texas Tech | W 38-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Portland State | W 81-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Taki Taimani story
Taki Taimani built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 55, spending time with Oregon and Washington. The clearest part of Taki Taimani's career was his defensive production: 102 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, and 3 passes defended across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Taki Taimani's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Washington
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Oregon
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Washington | 1 | 8.5 | 2.1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Washington | 1 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Washington | 0.5 | 11.7 | 2.6 | -0.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington | 5 | 20.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 3 | 9.5 | 2.9 | -2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oregon | 2.5 | 9.7 | 2.4 | -0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon | 2.5 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oregon State
Week 5 · L 24-27 · Conference game
Loss 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
vs BYU
Week 3 · W 41-20
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Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Stanford
Week 5 · W 42-6 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Oregon State
Week 13 · W 31-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
52 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.
#5
vs Utah
Week 13 · W 24-21 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
42.2 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Washington
5 primary output · 20.8 efficiency · 4.1 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Oregon
33.1
3 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Oregon
22.1
2.5 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 2.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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