2023 All-ACC, Second Team
2023 All-ACC, Second Team
2024 (Senior): Served as one of team’s top defensive contributors for second straight year, earning All-ACC second-team plaudits…Led Miami with 88 tackles during regular season, starting all 12 games…Added 8.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception, one forced fumble and five PBUs…Served as captain and started in season-opening road win at Florida (Aug. 31), accumulating six tackles (team-high four solo), one sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, and one PBU…Served as captain and started in home-opening win against Florida A&M (Sept. 7), finishing with co-team-high five tackles (three solo), one forced fumble, and one quarterback hit … Started and finished with team-high six tackles (four solos), one tackle for loss, and two pass breakups in win over Ball State (Sept. 14)…Served as captain in road win over USF (Sept. 21), starting and delivering team-high 11 tackles with one tackle for loss and one sack…Finished with two tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in start vs. Virginia Tech (Sept. 27)…Served as captain in comeback road ACC win over California (Oct. 5), starting and finishing with two tackles, one tackle for loss, one quarterback hit and game-sealing interception…Served as captain and started in road ACC win over Louisville (Oct. 19), finishing with four tackles, two PBUs and two quarterback hits (Oct. 19)…Started and served as captain in rivalry home win over Florida State (Oct. 26), leading Hurricane defense with seven tackles (three solos) and adding 0.5 tackles for loss and one quarterback hit…Served as captain in home win over Duke (Nov. 2), finishing with team-high nine tackles (five solos) and adding two tackles for loss…Posted team-high 11 tackles (six solo) and one tackle for loss in road game at Georgia Tech (Nov. 9)…Started and finished with 12 tackles in one of team’s most dominant defensive performances of year in home finale and Senior Day game vs. Wake Forest (Nov. 23)…Had season-high 13 tackles and started in regular season finale at Syracuse (Nov. 30).
2023 (Junior): Served as one of Miami’s top defensive performers in first season with Hurricanes, earning second-team All-ACC recognition…Started all 13 games and led Hurricanes with team-high 82 tackles…Added team-best 18 tackles for loss to go along with 7.5 sacks…Had one interception and two forced fumbles…Had at least one tackle for loss in stretch of eight straight games midseason…Credited with seven quarterback hurries…Miami debut and paced team with five tackles in season-opening win with start over Miami (Ohio) (Sept. 1)…Started and registered six stops in win over No. 23 Texas A&M (Sept. 9)…Posted four tackles and one forced fumble in start versus Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 14)…Started and totaled three tackles, one TFL and one pass defensed in win at Temple (Sept. 23)…Started and had four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, and first interception of Miami career against Georgia Tech (Oct. 7)…Posted six stops against both North Carolina (Oct. 14) and Clemson (Oct. 21)…Posted 2.5 tackles for loss against Tar Heels and two more in 2OT win over Tigers…Credited with six tackles against Virginia (Oct. 28)…Had five tackles at NC State (Nov. 4)…Delivered nine-tackle performance at Florida State (Nov. 11) which included 2.5 TFLs and two sacks…Had seven tackles against Louisville (Nov. 18)…Posted nine tackles in regular season finale at Boston College (Nov. 24), including two tackles for loss…Finished with season-high 12 tackles in New Era Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers (Dec. 28).
Before Miami: Spent first two seasons at Washington State... Appeared in 12 games, 11 as a starter as junior…fourth on team with 60 tackles…recorded 5.5 tackles-for-loss including 3.5 sacks…forced three fumbles, recovered one fumble and picked a pass he returned 95 yards for a touchdown…made three stops in win over Idaho…made career-high seven tackles in win at No. 19 Wisconsin…set career-highs with eight tackles, 2.5 for loss including 1.5 sacks and forced fumble in win over Colorado State…had three tackles and first career interception was 95-yard pick-6 against No. 15 Oregon, second-longest interception return in program history (Will Derting, 98 yards vs. Nevada in 2002), earned second-best defensive grade by a linebacker, the eight-best among all players in the country and best linebacker coverage grade in the country by PFF College…made four tackles including sack in win over Cal…made one tackle at No. 6 USC…made seven tackles at Oregon State…made six stops including one sack and one pass breakup against No. 14 Utah…made six tackles including one for loss and forced two fumbles in win at Stanford…made seven stops in win over Arizona State…made four stops in win at Arizona…made four tackles in Apple Cup…left team after regular season, transferred to Miami…Appeared in all 13 games, starting two as true freshman in 2021…totaled 17 tackles, 10 solo, with .5 tackles-for-loss…led team with 10 special teams tackles…made collegiate debut, with one tackle on special teams against Utah State…had one tackle on kickoff, named WSU Special Teams Player of the Week, in win over Oregon State…recorded first career start, made two tackles in win over Stanford…registered two tackles and shared a TFL in win at Arizona State…started at LB, made career-high four tackles in win over Arizona…had two tackles in Sun Bowl against Central Michigan.
High School: Attended Tafuna High School in American Samoa as a freshman, sophomore and senior…attended Aquanis High School in San Bernardino, Calif. as a junior…as a JUNIOR, named Ambassador League Offensive Player of the Year…played quarterback, went 79-of-135 for 1,113 yards and 10 touchdowns, also rushed for 475 yards and four touchdowns…made 46 tackles including five for loss and one interception…as a SENIOR, moved back to American Samoa and played at Tafuna High School…rated three-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com…rated No. 41 inside linebacker in the country and top prospect in American Samoa by ESPN.com…rated No. 86 outside linebacker in the country by 247Sports.com…
Personal: Parents, Fa’alialia and Telesia…older brother, Frederick was a three-year starting center for the Cougars (2017-19)…younger brother, Francis, enrolled at Miami in January 2023.
