Tyson Alualu

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Tyson Alualu
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Alualu during his tenure at Cal in August 2009
No. 93 Jacksonville Jaguars
Position: Defensive Tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: (1987-05-12) May 12, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii
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Career information
High school: Honolulu (HI) Saint Louis
College: California
NFL draft: 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2015
Tackles: 213
Sacks: 14.0
Forced fumbles: 1
Player stats at NFL.com

Tyson Alualu (/ɑːluːˈɑːluː/ AH-loo-AH-loo; born May 12, 1987) is an American football defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jaguars in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at California.

Early years

A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Alualu attended and graduated from Saint Louis School in Hawaii in 2005. He was selected to the all-state team twice by the Honolulu Star Bulletin. He was ranked as the No. 2 player in Hawaii and the No. 24 defensive tackle in America by Rivals.com for 2005. He recorded 7 sacks and 59 tackles in high school.[1] During his senior year, he was named the ILH Player of the Year by the Honolulu Advertiser.[2]

College career

Alualu played in all 13 games of his first season, then started all thirteen games of his next three consecutive seasons.[1] He earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors in as a junior 2008 and first-team All-Pac-10 honors as a senior in 2009.[3] Following his senior season, Alualu represented Cal at the 2010 Senior Bowl, where he finished the game with a sack, a fumble forced, and a fumble recovered.[4]

Professional career

2010 NFL Draft

Originally projected a low-first to early-second round pick,[5] Alualu was drafted as the tenth overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars, a move that was widely regarded as the biggest surprise of the draft, and according to Mel Kiper, Jr., was "a risky move for taking him this high".[6][7][8][9]

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 2¼ in 295 lb 4.87 s 1.67 s 2.82 s 4.43 s 7.15 s 35½ in 9 ft 8 in 21 reps
All values from NFL Combine[10]

Jacksonville Jaguars

On August 2, 2010, Alualu signed a five-year deal with the Jaguars. The contract includes $17.5 million guaranteed and a total value of roughly $28 million.[11]

2010 season

In the first game of the regular season on September 12, Alualu recorded his first career NFL sack in a 24–17 victory over the Denver Broncos. Over the course of the season Alualu started all 16 games, recording a total of 38 tackles and 3.5 sacks. Following his rookie year, he was named to All-Rookie teams by National Football Post, Pro Football Weekly and The Sporting News.[12][13][14]

2013 season

In May 2013 during organized team activities, head coach Gus Bradley announced that Alualu would move to defensive end.[15]

2015 season

On March 7, 2015, the Jaguars re-signed Alualu to a two-year, $6 million contract.[16]

NFL stats

Year Team GP COMB TOTAL AST SACK FF FR FR YDS INT IR YDS AVG IR LNG TD PD
2010 JAX 16 38 29 9 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 JAX 16 40 21 19 2.5 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 JAX 16 45 34 11 3.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2013 JAX 16 42 33 9 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2014 JAX 16 30 13 17 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 80 195 130 65 13.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

[17]

Key

  • GP: games played
  • COMB: combined tackles
  • TOTAL: total tackles
  • AST: assisted tackles
  • SACK: sacks
  • FF: forced fumbles
  • FR: fumble recoveries
  • FR YDS: fumble return yards
  • INT: interceptions
  • IR YDS: interception return yards
  • AVG IR: average interception return
  • LNG: longest interception return
  • TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
  • PD: passes defensed

Personal

Alualu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and grew up in the Kuhio Park Terrace neighbourhood of Kalihi.[18] He was one of nine children, with seven sisters and a brother.[19] His father, Ta'avao Alualu went in and out of prison in Alualu's youth, convicted multiple times on assault and drug charges.[18]

Alualu married Desire Pomele in 2005.[20][21] He had started at California in the summer of that year, but returned home before fall semester classes to get married and to see the birth of his first child, Tyree. He returned to California and enrolled in January 2006.[22] Alualu also has a daughter, Dere'on who was born in 2008.[23]

References

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  13. ↑ http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/NFP-Defensive-AllRookie-team.html
  14. ↑ http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/11/14/top-two-picks-truly-among-best-rookies
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  19. ↑ Mike Reiss "Alualu's mettle is proven". www.espn.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
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