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WSU safety Shalom Luani goes to Raiders in seventh round

Shalom Luani became the first Washington State player picked in the 2017 NFL Draft, going to the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round as the 221st overall selection.

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Luani, a 5-foot-11, 202-pound safety, made 148 total tackles, including 11.5 tackles for loss, eight interceptions and three forced fumbles in two seasons on the field for the Cougars. At one time a soccer star in his native American Samoa, he arrived in Pullman in before the 2015 season as a junior college transfer.