#44

Alani Latu

Linebacker for Arizona State. 2017: 37 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 7 sacks.

LB · Arizona State · #44

6′2″ · 248 lb · Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Arizona State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 911 nationally · Signed with Arizona State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Arizona State. 2017: 37 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 7 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arizona State, 59 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with Arizona State3-star out of Rancho Cucamonga

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#911 national

CFB

College

Arizona State

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Todd Graham

Arizona State

Played his entire career under Todd Graham.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Todd Graham — 18-20 over that span.

2015Arizona State6-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Arizona State5-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2017Arizona State7-6HC: Todd Graham · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#49 / 2682 · 98th pct

7.0

Tackles for loss#162 / 2682 · 93rd pct

10.0

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

Tackles#1054 / 2682 · 60th pct

Solo tackles#1090 / 2682 · 58th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.3	1.7	1.2	0.2
Road4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	1.1	0.8	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	0.9	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Arizona State	37	21	10.0	7.0	2	--	--
2016	Arizona State	22	16	1.5	0.0	2	--	--
2015	Arizona State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		59	37	11.5	7.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017

W 13–7

vs Washington

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With M. Sleep-Dalton — 40 AVG · 48 LONG · 6 NO · M. Wilkins — 245 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.8 · 2 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week