Player Rank
62
Junior Tafuna
Utah,
DT,
rSr,
2
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Junior Tafuna
DT,
· Utah
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Week 0: DNP
HISTORY — from college profile
TAFUNA QUICK HITS
- Three-time Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team (2021 AP; 2022 Coaches; 2023 Coaches and Phil Steele).
- 2021 Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year.
- 38 games played as a Ute, starting his last 36 appearances.
2023: Started at defensive tackle in 11 games.
- Credited 17 tackles on the season (3.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks), as well as one forced fumble, one recovery and two PBU.
- Season-high five stops included a TFL at No. 19 Oregon State.
- Forced and recovered a fumble in the game vs. No. 8 Oregon.
- Had three tackles and a sack during the fourth quarter vs. No. 22 UCLA.
- Capped the season with three stops (1.0 TFL, 0.5 sack) and a PBU vs. Northwestern in the Las Vegas Bowl.
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2022: 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: Saw action in 13 games on the season, starting at left tackle in the final 11 contests.
- Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year.
- 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 HS, 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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TFL | QB HUR | TOT | TD | PD | SACKS | SOLO |
3.5 | 2.0 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
interceptions | |||
---|---|---|---|
TD | AVG | YDS | INT |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
2021
fumbles | ||
---|---|---|
REC | LOST | FUM |
2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
defensive | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Arm: | -- |
Hand: | -- |
Wingspan: | -- |
Pro Day Results:
Cone: | -- |
Bench: | -- |
Shuttle: | -- |
10: | -- |
20: | -- |
40: | -- |
BJ: | -- |
VJ: | -- |
Combine Results:
Cone: | -- |
Bench: | -- |
Shuttle: | -- |
10: | -- |
20: | -- |
40: | -- |
BJ: | -- |
VJ: | -- |
Player Rank
62
Junior Tafuna
Utah,
DT,
rSr,
2