Alualu during his tenure at Cal in 2009
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No. 93 Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||||||||
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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Birth name: | Tyson Asi Alualu | ||||||||||
Date of birth: | May 12, 1987 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Honolulu (HI) Saint Louis | ||||||||||
College: | California | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 8, 2016 | |||||||||||
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Total tackles: | 233 |
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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.
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. During his senior year, he was named the ILH Player of the Year by the Honolulu Advertiser.
Alualu played in all 13 games of his first season, then started all thirteen games of his next three consecutive seasons. 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. 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.