Player Dossier

2013-2017

Arizona State

Alani Latu

LB • 6'2" • 248 lbs • Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alani Latu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Arizona State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Arizona State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Player Story

Alani Latu built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Rancho Cucamonga, CA wearing No. 44, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Alani Latu's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8464

Rancho Cucamonga · Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Committed To
Arizona State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Alani Latu, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Arizona State. Alani Latu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
59
TFL
11.5
Sacks
7
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Alani Latu quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona State · LB
Career Tackles
59
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Arizona State
Top game
San Diego State
Recruit profile
3-star · Rancho Cucamonga · Arizona State
High school pipeline
Rancho Cucamonga · 42 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 44 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
37 tackles · LB 377th (top 35%) · Pac-12 103rd (top 20%) · National 1,081st (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonArizona State00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonArizona State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonArizona State10-0--050
2016 Regular SeasonArizona State8221.5022022.9
2017 Regular SeasonArizona State1037107-2070.3

Related Context

Alani Latu played LB for Arizona State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Alani Latu recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Arizona State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Arizona State paired 19 primary output with 34.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Arizona State

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Texas A&M

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas A&M

Best efficiency game

0 vs Texas A&M

Result
Sat 9/5@ Texas A&ML 17-38

Player Story

Alani Latu story

Alani Latu built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Rancho Cucamonga, CA wearing No. 44, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Alani Latu's career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 9 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Alani Latu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Arizona State

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonArizona State0
2014 Regular SeasonArizona State00
2015 Regular SeasonArizona State000
2016 Regular SeasonArizona State5.518.33.85.5
2017 Regular SeasonArizona State1934.410.613.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs San Diego State

Week 2 · L 20-30

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ UTSA

Week 3 · W 32-28

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.

#3

vs Arizona

Week 13 · W 42-30 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Oregon

Week 4 · W 37-35 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Colorado

Week 10 · W 41-30 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Arizona State

19 primary output · 34.4 efficiency · 10.6 usage

70.3

#2

2015 Regular Season · Arizona State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Arizona State

22.9

5.5 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games