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UTAH: All-Pac-12 linebacker … started both years at Utah … played in all 26 games with 21 starts.
2017–Honorable mention All-Pac-12 … started all 13 games … 82 tackles led Utah and included 3.5 TFL and 1.5 sacks … four pass breakups, an interception and a forced fumble … season-high 10 tackles (1.5 TFL) and an interception against Arizona State … nine tackles vs. UCLA … eight tackles vs. Oregon … seven tackles and two pass breakups against Washington State … six tackles and forced a fumble against USC … six tackles (0.5 sack) against West Virginia in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
2016–Played in all 13 games with eight starts … played both rover and stud linebacker … 52 tackles (5.0 TFL) … three pass breakups and a forced fumble … season-high 12 tackles (2.0 TFL) and a pass breakup against Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl … 10 tackles against Colorado included 2.0 TFL, a forced fumble and a pass breakup … seven tackles against Arizona and UCLA.
PRIOR TO UTAH: First-team all-WSFL and all-ACCAC in 2015 … four-star recruit by Scout.com … led Arizona Western with 93 tackles, including 16 TFL and four sacks as a sophomore … also had two forced fumbles, an interception, a blocked kick and a fumble recovery in 2015 … five double-figure tackle games … season-high 15 tackles (3.0 TFL, 1.0 sack), an interception and a blocked kick against Pima … Arizona Western played in the 2015 El Toro Bowl … 66 tackles, 5.5 TFL, two sacks, two forced fumbles, three pass breakups and a fumble recovery as a freshman … prepped at Farrington HS in Hawaii … Farrington made the state semifinals in 2012 … all-OIA honorable mention basketball player.
PERSONAL: Son of Peter and Nora Luafatasaga … five siblings … son (David Jr.) … bachelor’s degree in sociology … nickname is David, but he preferred Kavika (pronounced kah-veek-ka loo-uh-fah-ta-songa) for public use … born in Samoa.