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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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المحتوى المقدم من Dan Clark. يتم تحميل جميع محتويات البودكاست بما في ذلك الحلقات والرسومات وأوصاف البودكاست وتقديمها مباشرة بواسطة Dan Clark أو شريك منصة البودكاست الخاص بهم. إذا كنت تعتقد أن شخصًا ما يستخدم عملك المحمي بحقوق الطبع والنشر دون إذنك، فيمكنك اتباع العملية الموضحة هنا https://ar.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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المحتوى المقدم من Dan Clark. يتم تحميل جميع محتويات البودكاست بما في ذلك الحلقات والرسومات وأوصاف البودكاست وتقديمها مباشرة بواسطة Dan Clark أو شريك منصة البودكاست الخاص بهم. إذا كنت تعتقد أن شخصًا ما يستخدم عملك المحمي بحقوق الطبع والنشر دون إذنك، فيمكنك اتباع العملية الموضحة هنا https://ar.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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