Shalom Luani: S · Washington State · #18.
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Shalom Luani
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Second year in the Washington State secondary. First career honor, 2016: All-Pac-12. On tape: 9 tackles against Minnesota, Bowl, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 6 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 8.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Washington State | 67 | 47 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | Washington State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- |
| Career | 67 | 47 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 28-31@ Boise State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-6vs Idaho | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 51-33vs Oregon | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-16@ No. 15 Stanford | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-21vs UCLA | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-32@ Arizona State | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-31@ Oregon State | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 69-7vs Arizona | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 56-21vs California | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-38@ No. 12 Colorado | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-45vs No. 6 Washington | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 12-17vs Minnesota | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 47 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 4 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%8 TFL67 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 6 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
2 seasons under Mike Leach, all pass-heavy, fast tempo offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Leach
Pass share
65.1%
663 pass / 356 run
Plays / game
78.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
719 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Washington State, 67 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2016) — drafted at #221 overall by the Oakland Raiders.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2016)
Next stop · NFL
Oakland RaidersEntering 10th NFL season
Oakland RaidersEntering 10th NFL seasonFrom Masausi, American Samoa — one of 16 players from American Samoa in FBS this season.
