Upcoming Event: Football versus Cal Poly on September 6, 2025 at 4 p.m.

UTAH: Transfer started two seasons at Utah ... played in all 26 games with 18 starts ... team's strongest player had an 830-pound squat and 495-pound bench press.
2015--Honorable mention All-Pac-12 ... played in all 13 games with 10 starts at right end ... 53 total tackles led the linemen and was fifth overall ... 10.5 tackles for loss (second on the team) and 4.0 sacks ... tied for second on the team (fifth in the Pac-12) with two forced fumbles ... four pass breakups ... season-high seven tackles (1 sack) and a forced fumble against Utah State ... six tackles (2.5 TFL) vs. Oregon State ... six tackles with a half sack and a pass breakup against Colorado ... five tackles (1.5 sacks), a forced fumble and pass breakup against Oregon ... five tackles (1.0 TFL) at Arizona ... five tackles (1.5 TFL) vs. UCLA ... three tackles with a sack and two pass breakups in the Las Vegas Bowl vs. BYU.
2014--Played in all 13 games with eight starts (two at defensive end, six at linebacker) ... 55 tackles included 9.5 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks ... two sacks against and a fumble recovery against Washington State ... season-high 10 tackles at Oregon State ... nine tackles vs. Arizona ... eight tackles (3.0 TFL) against Colorado ... intercepted a pass against USC ... forced a fumble at Stanford.
2013--Redshirt.
PRIOR TO UTAH: Played for Utah State in 2010 (as a true freshman) and 2011, before leaving for an LDS Church mission in Indianapolis ... recorded 14 tackles over 11 games with four starts in 2011, including two TFL and a half sack ... in 2010, he played in 10 games with one start, registering 15 tackles with a season-high five tackles against Nevada ... also forced a fumble and recorded a pass breakup against the Wolfpack ... 2009 Deseret News 5A honorable mention all-state defensive end for Pleasant Grove High (Utah) ... Provo Daily Herald all-Valley team ... 2009 first-team all-region ... in 2009, had 21 tackles with five sacks and one interception in helping Pleasant Grove to an 8-3 record and a berth in the state quarterfinals ... also played tight end, with 28 catches for 310 yards and six TDs ... helped Pleasant Grove end Timpview High's state-record 36-game win streak ... led Pleasant Grove to a 10-2 record as a junior, winning the Region 4 title and advancing to the quarterfinals of the 5A playoffs.
PERSONAL: Son of Sefita and Navu Fanaika ... one of eight children ... brother Brandon played on the offensive line for Stanford ... wife Brittney and daughter Loumaile ... served a church mission in Indianapolis ... sociology major ... full name is Jason Sefita Fanaika (pronounced fah-NAee-ka) ... born June 17, 1992.