Daniel Ekuale

Ekuale, Tanielu
Position: DT
Height: 6-3 Weight: 305
Born: January 13, 1994 Pago Pago, American Samoa
High School: Nuuuli Voc-Tech (Pago Pago, American Samoa)

Year	College	Participation
2013	Washington State	Redshirted
2014	Washington State	Lettered
2015	Washington State	Lettered
2016	Washington State	Lettered
2017	Washington State	Lettered

NFL Game Logs

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2019 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2019 CLE NFL	96	RDT	7	0
2020 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2020 JAC NFL	99	DT-NT	9	5
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL	95	RDT	7	0
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	95	DT-NT	15	0
2023 New England Patriots (NFL)2023 NE NFL	95	DT	3	0
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)2024 NE NFL	95	DT	16	16
2025 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2025 PIT NFL	96	NT	7	0
7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL			64	21

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed	5/4/2018	2018 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2018 CLE NFL
Released	9/1/2018	2018 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2018 CLE NFL
Practice Squad	9/2/2018	2018 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2018 CLE NFL
Practice Squad/Suspended	12/5/2018	2018 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2018 CLE NFL
Signed (Future)	1/1/2019	2019 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2019 CLE NFL
Injured Reserve	11/1/2019	2019 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2019 CLE NFL
Released	9/5/2020	2020 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2020 CLE NFL
Practice Squad	9/8/2020	2020 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2020 JAC NFL
Signed	9/28/2020	2020 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2020 JAC NFL
Released	9/1/2021	2021 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2021 JAC NFL
Practice Squad	9/6/2021	2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL
Practice Squad Elevation	10/23/2021	2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL
Signed (Future)	1/25/2022	2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL
Reserve/Suspended	8/30/2022	2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL
Exemption	9/19/2022	2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL
Activated	9/21/2022	2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/15/2023	2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL
Signed	3/23/2023	2023 New England Patriots (NFL)2023 NE NFL
Injured Reserve	9/26/2023	2023 New England Patriots (NFL)2023 NE NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/12/2025	2024 New England Patriots (NFL)2024 NE NFL
Signed	3/19/2025	2025 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2025 PIT NFL
Injured Reserve	10/31/2025	2025 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2025 PIT NFL
Reserve/Suspended	11/25/2025	2025 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2025 PIT NFL
Suspension Lifted	12/29/2025	2025 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2025 PIT NFL

SNAP COUNTS	TOTAL	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
2019 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2019 CLE NFL	129	0.0	115	10.6	14	3.2
2020 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2020 JAC NFL	349	0.0	290	25.9	59	13.8
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL	101	0.0	99	9.2	2	0.5
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	421	0.0	364	32.2	57	12.5
2023 New England Patriots (NFL)2023 NE NFL	65	0.0	53	4.7	12	2.6
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)2024 NE NFL	777	0.0	722	64.6	55	12.6
2025 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2025 PIT NFL	78	0.0	72	6.2	6	1.3
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1920		1715			3.2

SACKS	NO	YDS
2020 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2020 JAC NFL	1.0	9.0
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL	2.0	13.0
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	2.0	14.0
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)2024 NE NFL	1.0	5.5
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6.0	41.5

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	QH	TFL	FF	PD
2019 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2019 CLE NFL	4	4	0	1	0	0
2020 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2020 JAC NFL	13	13	1	1	0	0
2021 New England Patriots (NFL)2021 NE NFL	5	5	2	2	0	0
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	14	14	3	2	0	1
2023 New England Patriots (NFL)2023 NE NFL	3	3	0	0	1	0
2024 New England Patriots (NFL)2024 NE NFL	52	52	3	2	0	0
2025 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2025 PIT NFL	6	6	1	0	0	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	97	97	10	8	1	2

PENALTIES	Called	Accepted	Yards	First Downs
2020 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2020 JAC NFL	3	3	15	2
2022 New England Patriots (NFL)2022 NE NFL	3	3	21	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	6	36	3