Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Named to 2014 Buck Buchanan Award Watch List by The Sports Network ... Preseason first-team FCS All-America selection by The Sports Network and Athlon College Football Preview … 2014 College Football Performance Awards FCS Defensive Lineman of the Year Watch List … One of the top nose guards in the nation again in 2014 … Powerful force in the middle who often demands double teams … Has consistently increased size and strength since arriving on campus in 2012 … Enters his junior season at only 19 years old … Will turn 20 on September 28 this season … Is a candidate for Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors … One of the team’s strongest players.

2013 at Gardner-Webb: Earned fourth-team FCS All-America honors from Phil Steele and Tony Softli … A first-team All-Big South Conference selection … Collected 54 total tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks … Added four pressures and a fumble recovery … Named FCS National Defensive Player of the Week by The Sports Network vs. No. 8 Wofford (9/21), totaling nine tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack in a 3-0 win … Also named FCS National Weekly All-Star by College Sporting News following that performance, which came against the nation’s top center in the Football Championship Subdivision … Had another big game in the win over No. 12 Charleston Southern (11/16) … Collected six tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in that game … Made five stops and had a sack at Presbyterian (11/23) … Had six hits and half sack vs. Liberty (10/26) … Made six stops at Marshall (9/7) … Recorded one quarterback pressure in each of the season’s first four games … Ranked among the Big South leaders in tackles for loss and sacks … Had five of his 9.0 tackles behind the line against league foes, and three of his 4.0 sacks against Big South foes. 2012 at GWU: Played in 10 games and made starts at Pittsburgh (9/22) and vs. VMI (10/27) … Finished the season with 20 total tackles (five solo), 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks … Had three quarterback pressures … Had a season-high three tackles at Pittsburgh and vs. VMI … Had a half sack vs. the Keydets … Posted two hits and a sack in the season finale vs. Presbyterian (11/17).

High School: Played at Fagaitua High under Coach Pooch Ta’ase ... One of the top defensive linemen in American Samoa in the Class of 2012 ... Also played linebacker ... Selected to play for the American Samoa All-Star Football Team in the 2012 Oceania Bowl ... Helped team to a 93-7 win over Australia ... Full name is O.J. Lei'ataua Fa'amausili Mau.