Tyson Alualu

Tyson Alualu

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Alualu during his tenure at Cal in 2009
No. 93 Jacksonville Jaguars
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Birth name: Tyson Asi Alualu
Date of birth: (1987-05-12) May 12, 1987
Place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 310 lb (141 kg)
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 8, 2016
Total tackles: 233
Sacks: 16.0
Forced fumbles: 1
Fumble recoveries: 3
Player stats at NFL.com

Tyson Asi 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 (NFL). 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

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]

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]

2011 season

In 2011, he started all 16 games with 40 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 1 pass defended, and a fumble recovery returned for 7 yards.

2012 season

In 2012, he started all 16 games with 45 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 pass defended, and 1 fumble recovery.

2013 season

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

2014 season

Alualu played all 16 games in 2014 making 30 tackles and 2 sacks.

2015 season

On March 7, 2015, the Jaguars re-signed Alualu to a two-year, $6 million contract.[16] During the 2015 season, he played all 16 games starting 14 of them, making 26 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 passes defended, and a fumble recovery.

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
2015 JAX 16 26 18 8 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Career 96 221 148 73 15.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

[17]

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

  1. 1 2 "Cal player biography".
  2. ↑ "Alualu, Rego head ILH All-Star Team". Retrieved 2004-12-14.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/013110aaa.html
  5. ↑ "Tyson Alualu". CNN.
  6. ↑ "Friday Morning QB: Jaguars make huge reach, plus 32 Things I Think". CNN. April 23, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Round 1 Snaps (cont.)". CNN. April 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ Miller, Ted. "Cal's Alualu surprise 10th pick in NFL draft". Pac-10 Blog - ESPN. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  9. ↑ "Draft Reach = No Sense". TheDraftThinker.com.
  10. ↑ "Tyson Alualu Draft Profile". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Jacksonville Jaguars' top pick Tyson Alualu finally agrees to deal". USA Today. August 2, 2010.
  12. ↑ "SN NFL Rookie of the Year: Ndamukong Suh". Sportingnews.com. January 12, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  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
  15. ↑ Oehser, John. "Jaguars OTAs 2013: Alualu moves outside". Jaguars.com. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  16. ↑ Patra, Kevin (March 7, 2015). "Jaguars re-signing former top-10 pick Tyson Alualu". NFL.com. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  17. ↑ "Tyson Alualu Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  18. 1 2 "Island roots run deep for Jaguars teammates Vince Manuwai, Tyson Alualu". Florida Times-Union. October 16, 2010.
  19. ↑ Mike Reiss "Alualu's mettle is proven". www.espn.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  20. ↑ "Kalihi's Tyson Alualu picked 10th overall in NFL draft". KFVE. April 23, 2010.
  21. ↑ "Jaguars sold on maturity of Tyson Alualu". Florida Times-Union. May 1, 2010.
  22. ↑ Simmons, Rusty (August 21, 2010). "Cal lineman lets his defense make noise". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  23. ↑ Simmons, Rusty (August 18, 2010). "The Family Guy". The San Francisco Chronicle.
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