Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 7, Pk 7
- College
- Arizona State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 7, Pk 7
- College
- Arizona State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 177
- TOT
- 223
- SOLO
- 182
- AST
- 41
- SACK
- 35.5
- INT
- 3
- PD
- 12
- FF
- 5
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  DET | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 |  KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | KC | 16 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1994 | KC | 14 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | KC | 16 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 7.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 1996 | KC | 15 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | SEA | 16 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | SEA | 11 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- TOT
- 18
- SOLO
- 16
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 177
- TOT
- 1.3
- SOLO
- 1.0
- AST
- 0.2
- SACK
- 0.2
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | DET | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | KC | 16 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | KC | 14 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1995 | KC | 16 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | KC | 15 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 1997 | SEA | 16 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | SEA | 11 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Dan Saleaumua's career stats?
Dan Saleaumua played 12 seasons for the Lions, the Chiefs and the Seahawks. He recorded 223 tackles, 35.5 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 53 tackles and 3.5 sacks.
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