Tyson Alualu is one of 32 defensive tackles selected in the first round of the NFL draft in the past 10 years (2002-11). Alualu, the 10th overall pick in 2010, is one of only four tackles to start all 32 games in the first two seasons, joining Dewayne Robertson (2003), Tommie Harris (2004) and Haloti Ngata (2006).
Alualu was one of four defensive tackles selected in the first round of the 2010 draft, joining Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy and Dan Williams. He was the fourth defensive tackle drafted in the first round by the Jaguars in franchise history and first since John Henderson in 2002.
Only two tackles selected in the first round the last 10 years have produced double-digit sacks in their first two seasons, Suh and Henderson, and Alualu's six sacks are the seventh-most among the group in the first two seasons.
DEFENSIVE TACKLES SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND FROM 2002-11 (32 TOTAL)
1st TWO YEARS | |||||
PLAYER
TEAM
YEAR (PICK)
GP/GS
SACKS
CAREER SACKS
Ryan Sims
KC
2002 (6th)
22/18
3.0
8.5
John Henderson
JAX
2002 (9th)
32/29
10.0
29.0
Wendell Bryant
ARI
2002 (12th)
26/9
1.5
1.5
Albert Haynesworth
TEN
2002 (15TH)
28/14
3.5
30.5
Dewayne Robertson
NYJ
2003 (4th)
32/32
4.5
16.0
Johnathan Sullivan
NO
2003 (6th)
21/16
1.5
1.5
Jimmy Kennedy
STL
2003 (12th)
22/5
0.0
8.5
William Joseph
NYG
2003 (25th)
29/4
3.0
7.0
Tommie Harris
CHI
2004 (14th)
32/32
6.5
31.5
Vince Wilfork
NE
2004 (21st)
32/22
2.5
13.0
Marcus Tubbs
SEA
2004 (23rd)
24/15
6.5
7.0
Travis Johnson
HOU
2005 (16th)
24/11
1.0
3.0
Mike Patterson
PHI
2005 (31st)
32/23
5.0
15.5
Haloti Ngata
BAL
2006 (12th)
32/32
4.0
17.0
Brodrick Bunkley
PHI
2006 (14th)
30/15
3.0
6.0
John McCargo
BUF
2006 (26th)
21/0
2.5
2.5
Amobi Okoye
HOU
2007 (10th)
30/26
6.5
15.0
Adam Carriker
STL
2007 (13th)
31/25
2.0
9.0
Justin Harrell
GB
2007 (16th)
13/2
0.0
0.0
Glenn Dorsey
KC
2008 (5th)
31/30
2.0
4.0
Sedrick Ellis
NO
2008 (7th)
23/23
6.0
12.5
B.J. Raji
GB
2009 (9th)
30/17
7.5
10.5
Peria Jerry
ATL
2009 (24th)
18/2
2.0
2.0
Ziggy Hood
PIT
2009 (32nd)
32/9
4.0
5.5
Ndamukong Suh
DET
2010 (2nd)
30/30
14.0
14.0
Gerald McCoy
TB
2010 (3rd)
19/19
4.0
4.0
Tyson Alualu
JAX
2010 (10th)
32/32
6.0
6.0
Dan Williams
ARI
2010 (26th)
25/10
0.0
0.0
Marcell Dareus*
BUF
2011 (3rd)
16/15
5.5
5.5
Nick Fairley*
DET
2011 (13th)
10/0
1.0
1.0
Phillip Taylor*
CLE
2011 (23rd)
16/16
4.0
4.0
Muhammad Wilkerson*
NYJ
2011 (30th)
16/16
3.0
3.0
*Indicates players with only one NFL season