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Player Dossier
2023-2025Houston
Khalil Laufau
DL • 6'3" • 300 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Khalil Laufau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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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: 2025 Postseason · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Washington State • Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming
Player Story
Khalil Laufau built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 18, spending time with Houston and Washington State. The clearest part of Khalil Laufau's...
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- Committed To
- Washington State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Khalil Laufau, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Houston. Khalil Laufau shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 61
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Khalil Laufau quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · DL
- Career Tackles
- 61
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Houston
- Top game
- Wyoming
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Herriman · Washington State
- High school pipeline
- Herriman · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · DL 103rd (top 10%) · Big 12 127th (top 18%) · National 1,174th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Washington State | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Washington State | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 41.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Houston | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 42.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 12 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State to Houston | G5/FCS to P4 | 81.4 | Dec 24, 2024 |
Khalil Laufau played DL for Washington State and Houston. Across 3 tracked seasons, Khalil Laufau recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Houston paired 8 primary output with 18.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 18.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 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 State, Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Houston
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
18.5
Usage
5
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
LSU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 3. Stephen F. Austin: 2. Rice: 0. Colorado: 2. Oregon State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 1. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 0. West Virginia: 0. UCF: 0. TCU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 3 by 42.5. Stephen F. Austin: 2 by 28.3. Rice: 3 by 12.5. Colorado: 3 by 32.5. Oregon State: 7 by 29.2. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma State: 1 by 14.2. Arizona: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 3 by 12.5. UCF: 3 by 12.5. TCU: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.9 · Games = 9 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -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
LSU
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs LSU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/28 | vs LSUSplash game | W 38-35 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs TCU | L 14-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UCF | W 30-27 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs West Virginia | L 35-45 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/26 | @ Arizona State | W 24-16 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Arizona | W 31-28 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Oklahoma State | W 39-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Texas Tech | L 11-35 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Oregon State | W 27-24 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/12 | vs ColoradoSplash game | W 36-20 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Rice | W 35-9 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Stephen F. AustinSplash game | W 27-0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Khalil Laufau story
Khalil Laufau built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 18, spending time with Houston and Washington State. The clearest part of Khalil Laufau's career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Khalil Laufau'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 State
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Houston
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | 8.4 | 1.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Washington State | 8 | 17.8 | 4.1 | 8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Houston | 8 | 18.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 8 | 18.5 | 5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wyoming
Week 14 · L 14-15
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 32 LSU
Week 1 · W 38-35 · Postseason
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 96 Colorado
Week 3 · W 36-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Portland State
Week 1 · W 70-30
2
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 1 · W 27-0
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Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Houston
8 primary output · 18.5 efficiency · 5 usage
42.7
#2
2025 Regular Season · Houston
42.7
8 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Washington State
41.1
8 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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