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Jersey Number 42
Mika Tafua
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 250
- Position:
- DE
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Laie, Hawaii
- High School:
- Kamehameha HS
- Prev School:
- Kamehameha HS
Instagram: @four_deuce
TAFUA QUICK HITS
High School: Originally signed with BYU out of Kamehameha HS in 2015 as a four-star recruit by ESPN.
TAFUA QUICK HITS
- 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee
- 2021 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Finalist
- 2021 Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team
- 2021 Pac-12 Morris Trophy recipient (defense)
- 2021 Associated Press Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
- Three-time All-Pac-12, earning First Team in 2021.
- 44 career games with 38 starts.
- Finished the 2021 season ranked second among active Pac-12 defensive linemen in career TFL (32.0).
- Named to the Ted Hendricks Award Watch List
- Led the defensive line with 49 tackles on the year (13.0 TFL), including a league-leading 9.5 sacks, three pass breakups, four QB hurries, once forced fumble and one recovery.
- Had four games with five-plus tackles, and at least one TFL in his final six regular season contests.
- Logged four tackles, two sacks and a pass breakup in the victory at USC (Oct. 9).
- Two-TFL day at Oregon State (Oct. 23) included his second career strip sack.
- Had a four-yard sack at Stanford (Nov. 5), while tying his season-high tackles (six).
- Guided the defensive line with six more takedowns and a sack in the Arizona win (Nov. 13).
- Recorded a 12-yard sack during the win over No. 3 Oregon (Nov. 20).
- Concluded the season with one tackle in the Rose Bowl Game vs. No. 6 Ohio State (Jan. 1).
- Pac-12 All-Conference second-team.
- Led the defensive line with 14 tackles (3.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks), adding two pass breakups, three quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.
- Season-high five tackles (1.0 TFL, 1.0 sack) against Oregon State.
- Two tackles (1.0 sack) and a forced fumble against Washington State.
- One tackle and a career-high three QB hurries and two pass breakups against No. 21 Colorado.
- Honorable mention All-Pac-12.
- 47 tackles (8.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks) with two passes defended and four fumble recoveries.
- Tied for the FBS lead with four fumble recoveries, which tied for fourth all-time in a season at Utah.
- Named Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week after recording five tackles (1.0 TFL) with a 68-yard fumble return for a touchdown (tied for the fourth-longest in school history) against UCLA.
- Career-high eight tackles (1.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks) against Texas in the Alamo Bowl.
- Recorded a fumble against USC and had four tackles with an assisted TFL.
- 23 total tackles included 7.5 tackles for loss (2.0 sacks) with two pass breakups and a forced fumble.
- Five tackles (0.5 TFL) with a forced fumble against Northern Illinois.
- Five tackles with a sack against Washington.
- Two tackles for a loss (1.0 sack) and a pass breakup against Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game.
- Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
High School: Originally signed with BYU out of Kamehameha HS in 2015 as a four-star recruit by ESPN.
- First-team all-state as a senior, also earning 2014 Interscholastic League of Honolulu co-Defensive Player of the Year.
- Two-time first-team ILH All Star (2013, 2014) and two-time All-Hawaii, earning first-team honors as a junior.
- Also competed in basketball and track, placing seventh in the discus at the 2013 state championships as a sophomore.
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