Taki Taimani: DL · Oregon · #55.
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Taki Taimani
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Chris Petersen, Jimmy Lake and Dan Lanning. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Stanford, Week 5, 2023.
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
22 tackles. 0 passes 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oregon | 22 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Oregon | 11 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Washington | 43 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Washington | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Washington | 16 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 102 | 39 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 81-7vs Portland State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-30@ Texas Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-10vs Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-6@ Stanford | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 33-36@ No. 7 Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-24vs Washington State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-6@ No. 13 Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 63-19vs California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 36-27vs USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-7vs No. 15 Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-34vs No. 3 Washington | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 45-6vs No. 18 Liberty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 5 · 2023
W 42-6
at Stanford
1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 36-point win on the road against Stanford.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry22 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
54.8%
513 pass / 423 run
Plays / game
66.9
14 games
Team sack rate
1.0%
524 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #170 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Washington and Oregon — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Chris Petersen, Jimmy Lake, Bob Gregory and Dan Lanning.
