Jarvis Polu: DE · Navy · #90.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jarvis Polu
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Three seasons in the Navy defensive front to date. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Army — Week 15, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 22-21vs Memphis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 51-21vs Lehigh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-31@ SMU | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-35@ Air Force | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24vs Temple | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 36-49vs Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-44vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 0-42@ Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-35@ No. 11 UCF | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-29vs Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-29@ Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 10-17vs No. 22 Army | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 39 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
4%2 TFL39 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 19-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
15.0%
128 pass / 725 run
Plays / game
65.6
13 games
Team sack rate
13.9%
151 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
39 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Navy, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
