AWARDS:
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention (2025)
2025:
- First season at SJSU
- Finished season with 34 tackles, seven tackles for loss, four sacks, two forced fumbles, and one pass breakup in 11 games played with 11 starts
- Five tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss vs. Air Force (11/08)
- Career-high seven tackles, 0.5 for loss and one quarterback hurry at Utah State (10/17)
- Career-best with two sacks and two tackles for loss, plus four tackles and a forced fumble at Wyoming (10/11)
- Five tackles with a sack and a tackle for loss, plus a QB hurry vs. Idaho (09/20)
- Five tackles, including first sack, a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, a pass breakup, and two quarterback hurries at No. 6/7 Texas (09/06)
- Had three tackles with first career tackles and a tackle for loss vs. CMU (08/29)
2024 (UTAH):
- Played as a reserve in the win over Southern Utah (8/29)
2023 (UTAH):
- Did not see action
2022 (NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE): - Appeared in all 12 games and helped the Broncos to a 9-3 season with a win in the HF Sinclair Wool Bowl
- Made 81 tackles (21.5 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks) and forced three fumbles, along with earning one fumble recovery and a blocked kick
- Was tied for the NJCAA Division I lead with 15.5 sacks and ranked third with 21.5 tackles for loss
- Season-best nine tackles came in three different games, including wins over Blinn College and Cisco College
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Attended Mount Roskill Grammar School in New Zealand
PERSONAL: Parents are Tevita Taufatofua and Loloma Fine … Has three siblings, Siutaisa, Kerriane, and Losaline … Enjoys finishing and listening to music … Has several cousins who played football at the college and NFL level … Cousins Fui Vakapuna and Siupeli Anau both played in the NFL … Cousins Tauni Vakapuna played running back at Utah, and Evahelotu Sese Tohi played football at New Mexico ... Communication major.
