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UTAH: Two-year starter played in 30 games in his three seasons with 20 starts … missed games with injuries both his junior and senior seasons.
2017–Played in 10 games with seven starts at mac linebacker, missing the Arizona State, Washington State and West Virginia games due to injury … leads Utah in tackles per game (6.4) and ranks second in tackles (64) … tied for the team lead with 10.0 tackles for loss (1.0 sack) … four passes defended (3 PBU, 1 INT) … led Utah in tackles in four games (UCLA 12, Stanford 11, North Dakota 10, Arizona 7) … career-high 12 tackles (1.5 TFL) vs. UCLA … 11 tackles (3.5 TFL) against Stanford … 10 tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. North Dakota … seven tackles (2.0 TFL) and an interception against San Jose State … seven tackles (1.0 TFL) against Arizona.
2016–Played in 11 games with 10 starts at mac linebacker … missed the UCLA and Oregon games and playing sparingly against Colorado due to injury … 57 tackles (3.0 TFL, 1.0 sack), an interception, forced fumble, fumble recovery and pass breakup … season-high 11 tackles and a forced fumble against USC … FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week and Pac-12 Player of the Week against BYU, when he recorded six tackles, an interception (returned 41 yards for a touchdown) and a fumble recovery … also against the Cougars, he assisted on the tackle that stopped BYU’s two-point conversion attempt with 18 seconds remaining … 10 tackles (1 TFL) and a pass breakup against Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl … led Utah with eight tackles against San Jose State (1.5 TFL, 1.0 sack).
2015–Played in nine games on special teams and appeared on defense in three games … had an assisted TFL at USC.
PRIOR TO UTAH: Played one season at Snow College in 2013 … led team with 92 tackles and 14.5 TFL, while ranking second in sacks (3.0) … also forced two fumbles, had two pass breakups, recovered a fumble and had a 23-yard interception return … attended classes at Salt Lake Community College in the fall of 2014 … prepped East HS (Utah) … first-team all-region selection by the Deseret News in 2008.
PERSONAL: Son of Lihai and Petisili Tauteoli … bachelor’s degree in communication … full name is Sunia Tu’uhetaufa Tauteoli (pronounced soo-nee-uh tao-tee-oh-lee).