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Marist Talavou Season 2022

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PositionOL
Weight320 lbs
Height6-2
ClassRedshirt Sophomore
HometownNorwalk, Calif.
Previous SchoolUtah
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AWARDS:

  • All-Mountain West Honorable Mention (2024)
  • Phil Steele Mountain West Third-Team Offense (2024)
  • Academic All-Mountain West Team Honoree (2024)
  • Athlon Sports Preseason Mountain West Fourth-Team Offense (2024)
  • Fourth-Team Phil Steele's Preseason Mountain West Team (2023)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 21)

2024:

  • Started 11 games and played in 12 at right guard in 2024
  • Part of an offensive line that was ninth in the country and third in the MW only letting up 12 sacks
  • The passing offense finished the best in the Mountain West and fifth in the country, averaging 321.8 yards per game

2023:

  • Started 12 games, missed one game due to injury
  • The Spartans had the 30th-best rushing offense in the country averaging 184.1 rushing yards per game and the fifth-best total offense in the conference
  • SJSU had 11 games with 100 yards or more including the last seven with 150 yards or more and five of the last seven over 200 yards
  • The six games over 200 yards ties the 2000 team for the most 200-yard-plus games this century and in the SJSU modern era

2022: 

  • Had first start vs. WMU (9/24) and started in two games 
  • Played against vs. Portland St. (9/1)

2021 (UTAH): 

  • Did not see action.

2020 (UTAH): 

  • Did not see action.  

2019: 

  • Redshirt

HIGH SCHOOL:

  • Played four seasons of football at St. John Bosco High School in the offensive line, captaining one year (Coach Jason Negro)
  • Three-star recruit on 247Sports and Rivals out of St. John Bosco HS
  • All-CIF Southern Section Division 1 team for St. John Bosco HS in 2018
  • 2018 All-USA California first team (USA Today High School Sports) 
  • Invited to the 2019 Polynesian Bowl
  • Helped St. John Bosco HS to the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 title in 2016 and runner-up finishes in 2017 and 2018
  • Participated in two years of shot put / discus at St. John Bosco HS
  • Won discus in the Trinity League in 2019 

PERSONAL: Two brothers and a sister … Sister Malia Talavou competes in track at Long Beach … Uncle Kelly Talavou was first-team All-Mountain West at Utah in 2006 and played in the NFL for the Baltimore Ravens … Uncle Tyson Alualu plays in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers ... Native of Bellflower, Calif.

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Redshirt Junior
2023

Offensive Linemen
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