AWARDS:
- 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)
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.