2022: Returning starter at the stud position … has 64 career tackles, 25.0 TFL, 15.5 sacks playing two seasons at Northwestern and two at Auburn … 4 tackles and a TFL against Mercer … sack, 3 tackles vs. San Jose’ State … 5 tackles, 2 TFL against Penn State … 1.5 TFL, 12-yard sack and 4 tackles against Missouri … left LSU game with injury that required surgery … game captain: Missouri ... Reese's Senior Bowl ... NFL Combine invitation

2021: Graduate transfer who has become a starter up front … 23 tackles, 10.0 TFL, 7.0 sacks for the season … saw first action against Akron, recording a TFL … sack, 4 tackles vs. Alabama State … sack, 2 TFL against Georgia State … first start came at LSU, recording a forced fumble and a sack … sack and 2 tackles vs. Georgia … 3 tackles, TFL at Arkansas … sack, 2 tackles vs. Mississippi State … sack, 2 tackles at South Carolina … sack vs. Houston

Before Auburn: Earned 2020 third-team all-Big Ten honors at Northwestern, where he played in 18 games, recording 25 tackles, 10.0 TFL, 6.5 sacks, 2 FF from 2019-20 … career sack leader at Asheville High, playing for Coach David Burdette … 56 tackles, 15 TFL, seven sacks as a senior … also caught 12 passes for 267 yards and two touchdowns as a tight end ... WMAC all-conference … NC Shrine Bowl finalist … top 25 prospect in North Carolina by ESPN and 24/7... also a basketball letterman

Personal: Birthday is May 11 ... son of Petelo and Molly Leota ... has two brothers, Tamatoa and Pika, and two sisters, Malieta and Osofa’i ... received his bachelor’s degree in communications from Northwestern ... doing postgraduate work at Auburn in the College of Liberal Arts