Kalani Vakameilalo: DT · Oregon State · #97.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kalani Vakameilalo
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The three seasons at Oregon State span three head coaches: Gary Andersen, Cory Hall and Jonathan Smith. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Ohio State — Week 1, 2018.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
OregonLive Nov 2OregonLive Oct 26
Sports Illustrated Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oregon State | 28 | 12 | 5.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Oregon State | 20 | 10 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 17 | 10 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 65 | 32 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 2 |
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 · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-77@ No. 5 Ohio State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 48-25vs Southern Utah | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-37@ Nevada | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-35vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-49vs California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-34@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-38vs USC | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-48@ Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-42@ No. 17 Washington | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 13 | L 15-55vs Oregon | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 12 | 5.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%6 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries28 tackles · 5.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
47.1%
429 pass / 481 run
Plays / game
75.8
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
480 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon State, 65 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 27 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Mike Riley, Gary Andersen, Cory Hall, and Jonathan Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
