Usage / Role
52%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Oregon State
Semisi Saluni
DL • 6'3" • 291 lbs • Concord, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Semisi Saluni shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
70
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oregon State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State
Player Story
Semisi Saluni built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Concord, CA wearing No. 45, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Semisi Saluni's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Oregon State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Semisi Saluni, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oregon State. Semisi Saluni shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 51
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Semisi Saluni quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 51
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- Idaho State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Northgate · Oregon State
- High school pipeline
- Northgate · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · DL 125th (top 13%) · Pac-12 17th (top 21%) · National 1,215th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon State | 5 | 9 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 9.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon State | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oregon State | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 12 | 34 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51.1 |
Related Context
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Semisi Saluni played DL for Oregon State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Semisi Saluni recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 10.5 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
20.6
Usage
5.8
Consistency
35.7
Best Game by takeover score
Idaho State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Idaho State: 3.5. San Diego State: 0. Oregon: 0. Purdue: 1. Colorado State: 2. Nevada: 0. UNLV: 0. California: 1. San José State: 1. Air Force: 0. Washington State: 2. Boise State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Idaho State: 3 by 47.5. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Oregon: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 0 by 10. Colorado State: 4 by 36.7. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 1 by 4.2. California: 3 by 22.5. San José State: 2 by 18.3. Air Force: 9 by 37.5. Washington State: 4 by 36.7. Boise State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.7 · Games = 5 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -1.4 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Idaho State
Best efficiency game
47.5 vs Idaho State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | @ Boise State | L 18-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Washington StateSplash game | W 41-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Air Force | L 0-28 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs San José State | L 13-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ California | L 7-44 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/20 | vs UNLV | L 25-33 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Nevada | L 37-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Colorado StateSplash game | W 39-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | vs Purdue | W 38-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Oregon | L 14-49 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | @ San Diego State | W 21-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Idaho StateSplash game | W 38-15 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Semisi Saluni story
Semisi Saluni built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Concord, CA wearing No. 45, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Semisi Saluni's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Semisi Saluni's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Oregon State
2021-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon State | 1 | 9.5 | 1.4 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | 8.3 | 1.6 | -1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oregon State | 1 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 1 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 10.5 | 20.6 | 5.8 | 9.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Idaho State
Week 1 · W 38-15
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Washington State
Week 13 · W 41-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Colorado State
Week 6 · W 39-31
2
Havoc Plays
62.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.1 takeover score.
#4
vs UC Davis
Week 2 · W 55-7
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Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
#5
@ California
Week 9 · L 7-44
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Havoc Plays
45.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
10.5 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 5.8 usage
51.1
#2
2022 Regular Season · Oregon State
40.5
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Oregon State
9.4
1 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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