Last confirmed: San Diego State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 225 lb · Kalihi, HI · Punahou
Ronley Lakalaka: LB · San Diego State · #39.
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Ronley Lakalaka
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. This is his third year in the same linebacker corps at San Diego State. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UNLV — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | San Diego State | 50 | 27 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | San Diego State | 82 | 44 | 5.5 | 3.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | San Diego State | 72 | 37 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Career | 204 | 108 | 14.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-31@ No. 13 Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-14vs Sacramento State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-21vs No. 23 Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-20vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 19-13@ Boise State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-17vs Air Force | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 16-13vs San José State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-28@ Nevada | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-23@ New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-27vs UNLV | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 30-31vs Hawai'i | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 0-27@ Ohio | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 27 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%6 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
8%4 pass breakups50 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Rocky Long, all run-heavy offenses — 28-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rocky Long
Pass share
37.7%
309 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
63.0
13 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
352 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at San Diego State, 204 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 38 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Rocky Long.
