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Career Stats Career Statistics Biography Summary Biography 2023 (JUNIOR SEASON) Played in 10 games during the season with two starts… Finished the year with five tackles (5-assist), including 0.5 tackles for loss, which was against San José State (10/21)… Other tackles were against No. 25 Iowa (9/2), Idaho State (9/9), Air Force (9/15) and Nevada (11/11). 2022 (SOPHOMORE SEASON) Played in 12 games, making six starts… Finished the season with 13 tackles (5-solo, 8-assist), which included 1.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss… Tied his career high with three tackles, which included a career-best 1.0 sacks and a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss, against Memphis (12/27) in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl… Also had three tackles against New Mexico (11/5)… Added 1.0 tackles for loss at Hawai’i (11/12) and 0.5 tackles for loss at Boise State (11/25). 2021 (FRESHMAN SEASON) Played in all 14 games and finished the season with 11 tackles (6-solo, 5-assist), which included 0.5 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss, to go along with two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble… Ranked fourth in the Mountain West and 22nd in the nation in fumbles recovered with two (0.14 pg)… Had a career-high three tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, against Colorado State (10/22)… Had two tackles, which included 1.0 tackles for loss, against North Dakota (9/10)… Added a tackle for loss at Air Force (9/18)… Had 0.5 sacks as part of his two tackles at New Mexico State (11/6), to go along with his first-career forced fumble… Had 1.0 tackles for loss as part of his two tackles at No. 19 San Diego State (12/4) in the Mountain West Championship Game… Recovered fumbles in back-to-back games against CSU and Hawai’i (10/30). 2020 (COVID SEASON) Appeared in one game as he had a tackle for loss for his lone stop of the season against Nevada (11/5). HIGH SCHOOL Three-star recruit and the 97th-best defensive tackle in the nation according to 247Sports.com… Prepped at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas, where he helped the Trojans to a 9-2 record and an appearance in the Texas 6A D1 football state championship game during his senior season… Was a first-team all-district player his sophomore, junior and senior seasons as a starter on the defensive line... Recorded 98 total tackles, which included 5.0 sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss, to go along with 14 quarterback pressures and one forced fumble during his senior season... Earned first-team Dallas-area all-district honors from the Dallas Morning News following his junior season in 2018… Also earned Big Country all-district first-team honors… Participated in track & field at Trinity HS, as well, and was a Texas 6A regional qualifier in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 49-4. PERSONAL Son of Fusi and Telusila Vakauta... Has one sister... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies... Name is pronounced Poe-kes-e Va-ka-oo-ta.
