Preseason FCS National Defensive Player of the Year Candidate as chosen by STATS … Preseason Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year as selected by the league’s head coaches and media … A preseason All-Big South Conference choice for the second season in a row by the league’s head coaches and media … A preseason FCS All-America selection by STATS and Athlon Sports … lso a 2015 Phil Steele / Josh Buchanan All-Big South Conference choice (1st Team) and an All-America choice (2nd Team) ... Two-time FCS All-America nose guard who remains one of the top men at his position nationally … Has added 10 pounds of muscle since the end of last season, and should again be an anchor in the middle of the 3-4 defense … Has 20.5 career tackles for loss to his credit and has made 114 total tackles over the past two seasons combined … Extremely agile for his size … Often demands double teams … Ran a 5.1-second time in the 40-yard dash following spring practice in March … One of three men on the 2015 roster who played high school football on the island of American Samoa (Phillip Fata, P.J. Fuimaono) … On schedule to graduate with a degree in sociology in December … Young for his class, not turning 21 until September 28, 2015 … Was only 17 when he started his first career game at Pittsburgh (9/22/12).
2014 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 12 games with 11 starting assignments … Finished with career-highs in total tackles (60) and tackles for loss (10.0) … A finalist for the 2014 Buck Buchanan Award … Named to the College Sporting News Fabulous Fifty All-America Team … Also an All-America choice by TonySoftli.com … A first-team All-Big South Conference selection … Added 3.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and four quarterback pressures … Also blocked a field goal for the first time in his career … Made 10 stops (four solo) to go with 2.5 tackles for loss and a pressure vs. Wofford (9/20) … Had four stops (three solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, one sack and a forced fumble at Furman (8/30) in the season opener … Had a career-high 11 hits (five solo) and a tackle for loss vs. Charlotte (10/4) … Had nine hits, 2.0 tackles for loss, one sack and a forced fumble vs. Presbyterian (11/15) … GWU allowed only one offensive touchdown in that game … Forced fumbles were the first two of his career and both came on sacks … Had 27-yard fumble return at Monmouth (11/22) … Made five stops and blocked a field goal at Charleston Southern (11/8) … Had six stops (five solo) vs. #2 Coastal Carolina (11/1). 2013 at GWU: 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.
