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Junior Tafuna shares how his Polynesian family influence helped him become an award-winning defensive lineman on and off the football field

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A tartalmat a Dan Clark biztosítja. Az összes podcast-tartalmat, beleértve az epizódokat, grafikákat és podcast-leírásokat, közvetlenül a Dan Clark vagy a podcast platform partnere tölti fel és biztosítja. Ha úgy gondolja, hogy valaki az Ön engedélye nélkül használja fel a szerzői joggal védett művét, kövesse az itt leírt folyamatot https://hu.player.fm/legal.

In this episode, Junior Tafuna shares how his Polynesian family influence helped him become an award-winning defensive lineman on and off the football field.

This episode is sponsored by Siegfried & Jensen. Thank you for supporting Talkin' Utes and Utah athletes!

About Junior Tafuna:

TAFUNA QUICK HITS2022 Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team.

  • 2021 Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year.
  • 2021 AP Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team
  • 26 games played as a Ute, 24 consecutive starts.

2022: Started in 13 games, contributing 26 tackles (2.5 TFL), one interception and two QB hurries.

  • Season-best six tackles in the Homecoming victory vs. Oregon State.
  • Contributed five more stops in the game at No. 18 UCLA.
  • 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.

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Manage episode 351006380 series 3367335
A tartalmat a Dan Clark biztosítja. Az összes podcast-tartalmat, beleértve az epizódokat, grafikákat és podcast-leírásokat, közvetlenül a Dan Clark vagy a podcast platform partnere tölti fel és biztosítja. Ha úgy gondolja, hogy valaki az Ön engedélye nélkül használja fel a szerzői joggal védett művét, kövesse az itt leírt folyamatot https://hu.player.fm/legal.

In this episode, Junior Tafuna shares how his Polynesian family influence helped him become an award-winning defensive lineman on and off the football field.

This episode is sponsored by Siegfried & Jensen. Thank you for supporting Talkin' Utes and Utah athletes!

About Junior Tafuna:

TAFUNA QUICK HITS2022 Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team.

  • 2021 Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year.
  • 2021 AP Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team
  • 26 games played as a Ute, 24 consecutive starts.

2022: Started in 13 games, contributing 26 tackles (2.5 TFL), one interception and two QB hurries.

  • Season-best six tackles in the Homecoming victory vs. Oregon State.
  • Contributed five more stops in the game at No. 18 UCLA.
  • 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.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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