Scouting Reports:
Hawaii Profile: https://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=17499
CBS: https://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/players/playerpage/2139903/jahlani-tavai
NFL.com: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/jahlani-tavai?id=32195441-5638-0238-d6cc-25aa17b18c0d
Draftwire: https://draftwire.usatoday.com/2019/02/22/jahlani-tavai-nfl-draft-profile/
Draft Analyst: http://draftanalyst.com/jahlani-tavai
NFL draft profile: Jahlani Tavai - ESPN Video: http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=26598689
Rankings:
Overall (1768/13) 136:
Jeff Risdon (52. Jahlani Tavai, LB, Hawaii: Underexposed thumper at ILB with decent range. He’s the kind of 3-4 ILB Bill Parcells would love in his defense.): https://football.realgm.com/analysis/3146/The-2019-NFL-Draft-Big-Board
Thor's Big Board (67. Tavai): https://www.rotoworld.com/article/rankings/thor-500-nystroms-big-board?page=0
Draftcountdown (89. Tavai): http://www.draftcountdown.com/2019-nfl-draft/2019-top-overall-rankings/
Josh Norris (91. Tavai): https://www.rotoworld.com/article/nfl-draft-preview/norris-2019-nfl-draft-big-board
Dan Jeremiah (96. Jahlani Tavai): http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001027342/article/daniel-jeremiahs-top-100-prospects-for-2019-nfl-draft
Gil Brandts Top 150 (99. Tavai): http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001026449/article/hot-150-gil-brandts-top-prospects-for-2019-nfl-draft-51100
Draftwire (119. Tavani): https://draftwire.usatoday.com/2019/04/22/2019-nfl-draft-rankings-top-300-big-board-kyler-murray-quinnen-williams-nick-bosa-ed-oliver/
Draft Tek (123. Tavai): https://www.drafttek.com/Top-100-NFL-Draft-Prospects-2019-Page-2.asp
CBS Chris Trapasso (172. Tavai: Tavai's an imposing thumper with good range. He can give you some edge-rushing help on occasion too.): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/nfl-draft-2019-prospect-rankings-my-final-top-200-big-board-with-no-quarterbacks-in-the-top-15/
2019 SI NFL Draft Rankings (174. Tavai): https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/04/22/draft-position-rankings-linebackers-devin-white-devin-bush-mack-wilson
CBS (195. Jahlani Tavai: Big, imposing off-ball linebacker with above-average twitch for someone his size. Played and has ability on the edge with an impressive outside speed rush an a small assortment of pass-rushing moves. Sideline to sideline range good, not great. Same goes for his block-shedding skills. Old-school linebacker with some new-school traits. -- CT): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospect-rankings/2018/
PFF 250 (237. LB JAHLANI TAVAI, HAWAII
Hawaii’s Tavai only played 473 defensive snaps in 2018, but he still logged an impressive 23 defensive stops in the run game and earned a 76.5 run-defense grade, to boot.): https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/draft-pffs-top-250-big-board-for-the-2019-nfl-draft
Draft Scout (254. Tavai): http://www.draftscout.com/overall.php?DraftYear=2019&TopRated=1&sortby=RateAll&order=ASC&startspot=250
Position (72/8) 9:
Draftcountdown (4. Tavai): http://www.draftcountdown.com/2019-nfl-draft/inside-linebacker-rankings/
Nystrom (5. Tavai): https://www.rotoworld.com/article/evaluations/nystrom-final-position-rankings?page=2
Thor's LB Rankings (5. Jahlani Tavai (Comp: Vontaze Burfict (Matt Miller)) - Did not test at the NFL Scouting Combine - A rugby star at Mira Costa High in California, Tavai received only a modicum of recruiting interest in football. Rivals graded him as a two-star recruit in the 2014 class. USC kicked the tires -- specifically Ed Orgeron, a vaunted recruiter now running the LSU program — but didn't pull the trigger on a scholarship offer. So Tavai moved to Honolulu, not the worst of consolation prizes. Tavai redshirted, and then recorded 56 tackles as a second-year freshman. He went on to collect 252 tackles (30.5 TFL) between 2016-2017 while shifting between all three linebacker spots. This was borderline heroic work. The Rainbow Warriors had one of the worst defenses in the FBS during Tavai’s stay and, incredibly, cycled through six defensive coordinators during Tavai’s stay on the Islands. Cashman persevered through poor coaching, Tavai persevered through worse coaching. Less heroic was Tavai's barroom fight stunt last summer that got him arrested and suspended for the opener. And then a season-ending shoulder injury cut his year short at eight games. Tavai missed the pre-draft process while rehabbing. But barring clearance on his background check and medicals, I saw enough on the field to grade him as a late Day 2 prospect. Tavai plays so hard, and he’s got a sonar radar for movement and flow that reroutes him while picking through traffic. It sharpens his chase angles like a knife. Tavai is not “twitchy,” but he gets there fast enough and brings hurricane force explosion on impact. Sometimes to a fault. Tavai loves to launch at ball-carriers. And in short, that’s how you shake him: Allow him to overplay his hand and then run the hell away before he can get back up. You can also slop him. In traffic, sometimes Tavai gets lost in a maze. For the next level, assuming he can recover from his shoulder injury, Tavai’s versatility makes for a real plus. As does his tone-setting play style. Just please let him land in a stable situation. He needs to develop under one defensive coordinator, in one system. Going through six at Hawaii and getting shuffled this way and that to best cover for his overmatched teammates did a disservice to Tavai’s development. And yet he still found ways to succeed. I like me a passionate self-starter, and that’s Tavai.): https://www.rotoworld.com/article/evaluations/nfl-draft-lb-rankings
Draft Tek (8. Tavai): https://www.drafttek.com/2019-NFL-Draft-Prospect-Rankings/Top-College-ILBs-2019-Draft.asp
Draftwire (8. Tavai): https://draftwire.usatoday.com/gallery/2019-nfl-draft-rankings-linebacker-devin-white-devin-bush-mack-wilson/
Draft Scout (12. Tavai): http://www.draftscout.com/players.php?GenPos=ILB&DraftYear=2019&sortorder=TSXPos&order=ASC
2019 SI NFL Draft LB Rankings (13. Tavai): https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/04/22/draft-position-rankings-linebackers-devin-white-devin-bush-mack-wilson
CBS (17. Jahlani Tavai): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospect-rankings/2018/
Articles:
Serritella: 2019 NFL Draft Primer – LBs (Top 5 LBs: Jahlani Tavai, Hawaii – A four-year starter with legitimate NFL size, athleticism and production, Tavai is quick to read and react, showing good key and diagnosis skills to step up and take on hard-charging blockers in the hole. He’s expected to become the first Rainbow Warriors defender to be drafted since the then-St. Louis Rams took a seventh round flyer on Aaron Brown in 2012.) (4-22-19): https://footballmaven.io/nfldraftscout/news/serritella-2019-nfl-draft-primer-lbs-Ts1OB6Q4AkaYdc9CBbRfBA/
O'HARA'S 2019 DRAFT PREVIEW: Linebackers (One to watch: Jahlani Tavai, Hawaii. 6-2, 259. Profile: Spent five years at Hawaii (who wouldn’t want an extra year in the Islands?) after a red-shirt 2014. A shoulder injury that required surgery forced him to miss the last four games in 2018. He did not run drills at the Combine or Pro Day, doing only some positional drills at the latter. He put up big numbers his last three seasons: 34 games, 335 tackles, 36 for loss and 14.5 sacks. The shoulder injury could drop his stock -- and give some team a bargain.) (4-11-19): https://www.detroitlions.com/news/o-hara-s-2019-draft-preview-linebackers
100% - Tavai has been my favorite "sleeper" since the fall. Top-5 LB in this class and could easily be a top-60 draft pick. Three-down, inside-out versatility. Modern day LB. (4-10-19): https://mobile.twitter.com/dpbrugler/status/1116028151119921153
Here’s a name rarely seen on draft Twitter that you’ll mostly likely hear on Day 2...
@HawaiiFootball LB Jahlani Tavai. He was a favorite of the seniorbowl before a shoulder injury kept him from participating. Many NFL teams are secretly hoping Tavai falls to them in 3rd round. (4-9-19): https://mobile.twitter.com/JimNagy_SB/status/1115658694002446338
Hawaii LB Jahlani Tavai visited Rams on Monday (4-9-19): https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2019/04/09/nfl-draft-rams-jahlani-tavai-hawaii-linebacker/
Seahawks worked out Hawaii linebacker Jahlani Tavai (4-8-19): https://seahawkswire.usatoday.com/2019/04/08/seahawks-worked-out-hawaii-linebacker-jahlani-tavai/
ALL-UNDERRATED NFL DRAFT TEAM (Linebacker: Jahlani Tavai (Hawaii): We don’t blame you if you’ve forgotten about Tavai by degrees during the evaluating season. He has basically been an absentee for the entirety of the process. Shoulder surgery from October is the culprit. No postseason bowl showings, no combine, no testing. So what do we have to go on? We’ll cradle the tape and the production on this one. Tavai plays not like the field is lava, but as though he himself is molten rock, flowing to the tackle while incinerating anything that gets in his way. His film is as active as all get-all and he posted 120-plus tackles in each of the 2016 and 2017 seasons. We just wish we had a few athletic tests to help back up the eye test.) (4-2-19): https://www.rotoworld.com/article/stock-stock-down/all-underrated-nfl-draft-team?page=1
Hawaii's Jahlani Tavai could be a late-round gem of a linebacker (3-25-19): https://www.bigblueview.com/2019/3/25/18281169/2019-nfl-draft-prospect-profile-jahlani-tavai-lb-hawaii-scouting-report-ny-giants-news
Waldner: Jahlani Tavai showcasing his Warrior skills for the NFL (3-23-19): https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/03/23/waldner-jahlani-tavai-showcasing-his-warrior-skills-for-the-nfl/
Ursua impresses at 2019 Hawaii Football Pro Day before all 32 NFL Teams (Perhaps the player garnering the most attention was linebacker Jahlani Tavai. The former all-conference standout missed the end of his senior season with a shoulder injury that required surgery. Due to the quick turnaround from being cleared to workout, Tavai did not take official measurements but did take part in positional on-field workouts and participated in interviews. Both Ursua and Tavai have on-location visits with teams and will have personal workouts with select franchises.) (3-20-19): https://www.khon2.com/sports/local-sports/ursua-impresses-at-2019-hawaii-football-pro-day-before-all-32-nfl-teams/1861931224
Ursua, Tavai headline Hawaii football's Pro Day at UCLA (3-19-19): http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/03/20/ursua-tavai-headline-hawaii-footballs-pro-day-ucla/
Hawaii LB Jahlani Tavai will not work out at the combine or pro day as he recovers from shoulder surgery, source said. The plan is for him to hold a personal workout in April. A tackle machine in college. (2-27-19): https://mobile.twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1100885471998169088
Fran Duffy's Combine Preview: Linebacker (Small-School Standout (This is the player who comes from a lower level of competition (outside of the Power 5 conferences) but still has a very bright future in the NFL.) - Jahlani Tavai, Hawaii: A productive four-year starter for the Rainbow Warriors, Jahlani Tavai comes from a football family as he’s one of a handful of brothers who is playing or has played Division I football. Tavai has been a consistent producer during his time on campus. Tavai adjusted to a new scheme this year and lined up in several spots, including off the edge, stacked as a middle linebacker, and out in space over the slot. An athletic kid with an extremely high motor and a mean streak to match, Tavai is truly one of the sleepers of the draft at this point. He is a player who will likely be viewed as a "late riser" throughout the process. I have to credit NFL Draft analyst Dane Brugler of The Athletic, who has been pounding the table for this kid since the summer.) (2-20-19): https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/fran-duffy-combine-preview-linebacker
Hawaii Bowl prospect preview: Louisiana Tech vs Hawaii (Jahlani Tavai, LB, Hawaii, 6-3, 245: Tavai is a favorite of the Athletic’s Dan Burgler who called him “one of the better kept secrets in the 2019 NFL Draft” in his most recent mock draft where he projected him to go late round two. “Tavai has a legitimate chance to be the first senior linebacker drafted,” said Brugler. “Well-built at 6-3 and 235 pounds, he has outstanding range and moves clean when asked to drop in coverage. Against the run, Tavai is physical at the point of attack to detach from blocks and find the football. Medicals will be important after a late-season shoulder injury.” If the Lions target him on day two of the draft, he would slot in as competition at the WILL linebacker spot.) (12-22-19): https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2018/12/22/hawaii-bowl-prospect-preview-louisiana-tech-vs-hawaii/
Hawaii’s Tavai out for season and will have shoulder surgery (11-6-18): https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/11/05/hawaiis-tavai-out-season/
Tavai named Senior Bowl Defensive Player of the Week (9-23-18): http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/39122453/tavai-named-senior-bowl-defensive-player-of-the-week/
2 Rainbow Warriors arrested after Honolulu nightclub altercation (6-10-18): http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38391274/2-rainbow-warriors-arrested-for-assault-after-honolulu-nightclub-altercation/
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