Defensive end, Penn State, 2002–05
Tamba Hali
- Hometown
- Teaneck, NJ
- Born
- Nov 3, 1983
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Tamba Hali played defensive end at Penn State (2002–05). He was a consensus All‑American in 2005. The Kansas City Chiefs took Hali in the first round, No. 20 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.
At a glance
- Best season
- 2005
- Consensus All-American, Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year and 1 more
Honors
- 2004Second-team All-Big Ten
- 2005Consensus All‑American
- 2005Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year
- 2005First-team All-Big Ten
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2004‡ | Penn State | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2004 (Nov 13 at Indiana): the source has no box score for it. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only.
Game by game
2004 Penn State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20 | vs. Michigan State | W 37–13 | 1 |
No box score in the source for Nov 13 at Indiana, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2006 | Combine or pro day 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3″ | |
| Weight | 275 lb | |
| Arm length | 33⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 10½″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.87 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 30″W | |
| Broad jump | 8′10″W | |
| Bench press | 18 repsW | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.28 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.31 sW |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
12 seasons, 173 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.
Pro Bowls: 6 (2010–15) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2011, 2013)
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2011, 2013.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 57 | 7.5 | 1 |
| 2007 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 48 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2008 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 43 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 56 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2010 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 48 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 2011 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 65 | 12 | 0 |
| 2012 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 47 | 9 | 0 |
| 2013 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 44 | 11 | 1 |
| 2014 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 55 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 47 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 31 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 173 | 542 | 89 | 2 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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