Alani Latu: LB · Arizona State · #44.
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Alani Latu
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the Arizona State linebacker corps. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Arizona — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-31vs New Mexico State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-30vs San Diego State | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 45-52@ Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-35vs No. 24 Oregon | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-34@ Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 13-7vs No. 5 Washington | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-30vs Colorado | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 37-44@ UCLA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-24@ Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-30vs Arizona | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 21 | 10.0 | 7.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
37tackles this seasonTFL rate
27%10 TFLSack rate
19%7 sacksPD rate
5%2 pass breakups37 tackles · 10 for loss · 7 sacks.
3 seasons under Todd Graham — 18-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Todd Graham
Pass share
43.0%
416 pass / 551 run
Plays / game
74.4
13 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
464 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Arizona State, 59 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Todd Graham.
