Player Dossier

2019-2023

Oklahoma

Jonah Laulu

DL • 6'5" • 292 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jonah Laulu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

36

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

55

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Hawai'i • Oklahoma
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

Jonah Laulu built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 8, spending time with Hawai'i and Oklahoma. The clearest part of Jonah Laulu's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7893

Centennial · Las Vegas, NV

Committed To
Hawai'i
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 14
Overall
No. 234
NFL Team
Indianapolis Colts

Jonah Laulu, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i. Jonah Laulu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
98
TFL
27
Sacks
10.5
QB hurries
10
Passes defended
3
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Jonah Laulu quick answers

Latest team and position
Oklahoma · DL
Career Tackles
98
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 41 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
2-star · Centennial · Hawai'i
High school pipeline
Centennial · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 7 · Pick 14 · Indianapolis Colts
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
8 tackles · DL 641st (top 65%) · Big 12 314th (top 49%) · National 3,024th (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonHawai'i51-0--060.4
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i51062.5--060.4
2020 PostseasonHawai'i90-0--132
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i92651.511032
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i10338441067.6
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma9205.51.521039.1
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma882.513-036.6

Related Context

Jonah Laulu played DL for Hawai'i and Oklahoma. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jonah Laulu recorded 4 receiving yards, 98 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Hawai'i.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Hawai'i paired 17 primary output with 30.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.3 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 Hawai'i, Oklahoma.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

12.3

Usage

4

Consistency

62.5

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 1. Tulsa: 0.5. Cincinnati: 2. Iowa State: 1. UCF: 1. Oklahoma State: 0. West Virginia: 0. BYU: 1

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. Arkansas State: 0 by 10. Tulsa: 2 by 13.3. Cincinnati: 2 by 28.3. Iowa State: 1 by 14.2. UCF: 1 by 14.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Cincinnati

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Cincinnati

Result
Sat 11/18@ BYUW 31-2400000
Sun 11/12vs West VirginiaW 59-2010000
Sat 11/4@ Oklahoma StateL 24-2710000
Sat 10/21vs UCFW 31-2911100
Sat 9/30vs Iowa StateW 50-2010000
Sat 9/23@ CincinnatiSplash gameW 20-621110
Sat 9/16@ TulsaW 66-17210.5000
Sat 9/2vs Arkansas StateW 73-000000

Player Story

Jonah Laulu story

Jonah Laulu built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 8, spending time with Hawai'i and Oklahoma. The clearest part of Jonah Laulu's career was his defensive production: 98 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jonah Laulu'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.

  1. 1

    Hawai'i

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oklahoma

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019201920202020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonHawai'i8.526.218.6
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i8.526.218.60
2020 PostseasonHawai'i8.521.550
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i8.521.550
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i1730.810.58.5
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma1121.55-6
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma6.512.34-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UCLA

Week 1 · L 10-44

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Nevada

Week 7 · L 17-34 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Boise State

Week 15 · L 10-31 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#4

@ San Diego State

Week 11 · L 10-34 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

78.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Oklahoma State

Week 12 · W 28-13 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i

17 primary output · 30.8 efficiency · 10.5 usage

67.6

#2

2019 Postseason · Hawai'i

60.4

8.5 primary · 26.2 efficiency · 18.6 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Hawai'i

60.4

8.5 primary · 26.2 efficiency · 18.6 usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

14

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games