Jahlani Tavai

LB · DET/NE/JAX · 2019–2026

Born September 28, 1996 · College Hawaii · Drafted 2019, round 2, pick 43 (DET) · 6-2, 255 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2019	DET	14	58	2.0	3	5	1	2	1
2020	DET	15	58	0.0	1	2	0	0	2
2021	NE	8	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	NE	17	69	1.5	4	2	0	2	0
2023	NE	17	110	1.0	4	5	2	5	2
2024	NE	17	115	1.0	2	7	1	5	0
2025	NE	12	42	0.0	0	4	0	0	1
2025 playoffs	NE	4	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2026	JAX	6	14	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Career	JAX	106	480	5.5	14	26	4	14	6

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2019	DET	15	–	–	585	56.6
2020	DET	16	1	1.5	610	55.9
2021	NE	9	–	–	56	10.2
2021 playoffs	NE	1	–	–	2	3.8
2022	NE	17	–	–	555	50.0
2023	NE	17	–	–	808	73.2
2024	NE	17	1	1.4	901	81.7
2025	NE	12	1	1.4	230	32.5
2025 playoffs	NE	4	–	–	59	22.3

Game logs

2026 game log (6 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2026-09-13	vs CLE	W 34–10	3
2	2026-09-20	@ DEN	L 13–20	1
3	2026-09-27	vs NE	W 35–6	2
6	2026-10-18	vs HOU	L 31–34	2
8	2026-11-01	vs IND	W 42–7	2
9	2026-11-05	@ BAL	W 33–10	4

2025 game log (16 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
5	2025-10-05	@ BUF	W 23–20	2
6	2025-10-12	@ NO	W 25–19	2
7	2025-10-19	@ TEN	W 31–13	4
8	2025-10-26	vs CLE	W 32–13	5
9	2025-11-02	vs ATL	W 24–23	1
10	2025-11-09	@ TB	W 28–23	2
11	2025-11-13	vs NYJ	W 27–14	3
13	2025-12-01	vs NYG	W 33–15	2
15	2025-12-14	vs BUF	L 31–35	3
16	2025-12-21	@ BAL	W 28–24	4
17	2025-12-28	@ NYJ	W 42–10	6
18	2026-01-04	vs MIA	W 38–10	8
P19	2026-01-11	vs LAC	W 16–3	3
P20	2026-01-18	vs HOU	W 28–16	3
P21	2026-01-25	@ DEN	W 10–7	1
P22	2026-02-08	vs SEA	L 13–29	1

2024 game log (17 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2024-09-08	@ CIN	W 16–10	4	0.0	0	1
2	2024-09-15	vs SEA	L 20–23 OT	4	0.0	0	0
3	2024-09-19	@ NYJ	L 3–24	10	0.0	0	0
4	2024-09-29	@ SF	L 13–30	4	0.0	0	0
5	2024-10-06	vs MIA	L 10–15	5	0.0	0	0
6	2024-10-13	vs HOU	L 21–41	8	0.0	0	0
7	2024-10-20	@ JAX	L 16–32	7	0.0	0	0
8	2024-10-27	vs NYJ	W 25–22	6	0.0	0	0
9	2024-11-03	@ TEN	L 17–20 OT	11	0.0	1	1
10	2024-11-10	@ CHI	W 19–3	9	1.0	0	1
11	2024-11-17	vs LA	L 22–28	7	0.0	0	0
12	2024-11-24	@ MIA	L 15–34	8	0.0	0	1
13	2024-12-01	vs IND	L 24–25	5	0.0	0	1
15	2024-12-15	@ ARI	L 17–30	7	0.0	0	0
16	2024-12-22	@ BUF	L 21–24	6	0.0	0	0
17	2024-12-28	vs LAC	L 7–40	10	0.0	0	0
18	2025-01-05	vs BUF	W 23–16	4	0.0	0	0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2023-09-10	vs PHI	L 20–25	4	0.0	0	0
2	2023-09-17	vs MIA	L 17–24	7	0.0	0	0
3	2023-09-24	@ NYJ	W 15–10	5	0.0	0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ DAL	L 3–38	6	1.0	0	1
5	2023-10-08	vs NO	L 0–34	8	0.0	0	0
6	2023-10-15	@ LV	L 17–21	7	0.0	1	1
7	2023-10-22	vs BUF	W 29–25	4	0.0	0	0
8	2023-10-29	@ MIA	L 17–31	7	0.0	0	1
9	2023-11-05	vs WAS	L 17–20	6	0.0	0	0
10	2023-11-12	vs IND	L 6–10	7	0.0	0	1
12	2023-11-26	@ NYG	L 7–10	3	0.0	0	0
13	2023-12-03	vs LAC	L 0–6	8	0.0	0	0
14	2023-12-07	@ PIT	W 21–18	15	0.0	0	0
15	2023-12-17	vs KC	L 17–27	3	0.0	1	1
16	2023-12-24	@ DEN	W 26–23	4	0.0	0	0
17	2023-12-31	@ BUF	L 21–27	10	0.0	0	0
18	2024-01-07	vs NYJ	L 3–17	6	0.0	0	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ MIA	L 7–20	1	0.0	0
2	2022-09-18	@ PIT	W 17–14	4	1.0	0
3	2022-09-25	vs BAL	L 26–37	1	0.0	0
4	2022-10-02	@ GB	L 24–27 OT	8	0.0	0
5	2022-10-09	vs DET	W 29–0	5	0.0	0
6	2022-10-16	@ CLE	W 38–15	3	0.0	0
7	2022-10-24	vs CHI	L 14–33	5	0.0	0
8	2022-10-30	@ NYJ	W 22–17	1	0.0	0
9	2022-11-06	vs IND	W 26–3	5	0.5	0
11	2022-11-20	vs NYJ	W 10–3	2	0.0	0
12	2022-11-24	@ MIN	L 26–33	3	0.0	0
13	2022-12-01	vs BUF	L 10–24	2	0.0	0
14	2022-12-12	@ ARI	W 27–13	6	0.0	1
15	2022-12-18	@ LV	L 24–30	7	0.0	0
16	2022-12-24	vs CIN	L 18–22	7	0.0	0
17	2023-01-01	vs MIA	W 23–21	6	0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ BUF	L 23–35	3	0.0	1

2021 game log (8 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
7	2021-10-24	vs NYJ	W 54–13	1
8	2021-10-31	@ LAC	W 27–24	1
9	2021-11-07	@ CAR	W 24–6	1
10	2021-11-14	vs CLE	W 45–7	2
11	2021-11-18	@ ATL	W 25–0	3
15	2021-12-18	@ IND	L 17–27	2
16	2021-12-26	vs BUF	L 21–33	1
17	2022-01-02	vs JAX	W 50–10	3

2020 game log (15 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs CHI	L 23–27	4
2	2020-09-20	@ GB	L 21–42	6
3	2020-09-27	@ ARI	W 26–23	2
4	2020-10-04	vs NO	L 29–35	1
6	2020-10-18	@ JAX	W 34–16	1
7	2020-10-25	@ ATL	W 23–22	4
8	2020-11-01	vs IND	L 21–41	4
10	2020-11-15	vs WAS	W 30–27	1
11	2020-11-22	@ CAR	L 0–20	4
12	2020-11-26	vs HOU	L 25–41	2
13	2020-12-06	@ CHI	W 34–30	5
14	2020-12-13	vs GB	L 24–31	3
15	2020-12-20	@ TEN	L 25–46	4
16	2020-12-26	vs TB	L 7–47	5
17	2021-01-03	vs MIN	L 35–37	12

2019 game log (14 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2019-09-08	@ ARI	T 27–27 OT	2	1.0	0	0
2	2019-09-15	vs LAC	W 13–10	8	0.0	0	0
3	2019-09-22	@ PHI	W 27–24	2	0.0	0	0
6	2019-10-14	@ GB	L 22–23	3	0.0	0	0
7	2019-10-20	vs MIN	L 30–42	5	0.0	0	0
8	2019-10-27	vs NYG	W 31–26	2	0.0	0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ LV	L 24–31	9	0.0	0	1
10	2019-11-10	@ CHI	L 13–20	3	1.0	0	0
11	2019-11-17	vs DAL	L 27–35	2	0.0	0	0
12	2019-11-24	@ WAS	L 16–19	2	0.0	0	0
13	2019-11-28	vs CHI	L 20–24	2	0.0	0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ MIN	L 7–20	10	0.0	0	0
15	2019-12-15	vs TB	L 17–38	5	0.0	1	1
16	2019-12-22	@ DEN	L 17–27	3	0.0	0	0