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Junior Tafuna
UPDATES
Week 0: DNP
HISTORY — from college profile
2022: Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team…Started all 14 games…Contributed 27 tackles (3.5 TFL, 1.0 sack), one interception, two QB hurries and a breakup…Season-best six tackles in the Homecoming victory vs. Oregon State…Made five more stops in the game at No. 18 UCLA…Came up with a sack during the Rose Bowl Game vs. No. 11 Penn State…First career interception highlighted a three-tackle day vs. Southern Utah…Logged his first pass breakup of the season at No. 12 Oregon.
2021: Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year…AP Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team…Saw action in 13 games on the season, starting at left tackle in the final 11 contests…Recorded 33 tackles (5.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks) along with a fumble recovery and a pass breakup…Put up a career-high nine tackles (1.5 TFL, 1.0 sack) against Arizona…Had four tackles that included a 12-yard sack against No. 18 Arizona State…Recorded three tackles (1.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks) against No. 3 Oregon in the regular season, earning Pac-12 Defensive Line Player of the Week…Logged four tackles in the second game of his career against San Diego State…First career fumble recovery came at Oregon State…Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2020: Did not see action.
High School: Three-star recruit out of Bingham High School (South Jordan, UT)...Rated the No. 7 recruit in the state of Utah…Second-team all-state as a senior in 2018…Invited to the 2019 Polynesian Bowl…64 tackles (1.0 sack) and an interception as a senior in 2018…74 tackles (1.0 sack) and an interception in 2017…Bingham HS won state championships in 2016 and 2017.
PERSONAL
Son of Mau and Timote … has four siblings…served an LDS mission in Praia, Cape Verde…full name Timote (Junior) Maile Tafuna.
2022
defensive | ||||||
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
3.5 | 2.0 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
interceptions | |||
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TD | AVG | YDS | INT |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
2021
fumbles | ||
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REC | LOST | FUM |
2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
defensive | ||||||
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TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
5.5 | 0.0 | 33.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 22.0 |
Physical Attributes:
Proj Rd: | 2-3 |
Height: | 6021 |
Weight: | 304 |
Forty: | 5.04 |
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Pro Day Results:
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Shuttle: | -- |
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BJ: | -- |
VJ: | -- |
Combine Results:
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BJ: | -- |
VJ: | -- |