Junior Tafuna

Defensive Tackle, Houston Texans.

Player facts

Team: Houston Texans
Position: Defensive Tackle
Born: Feb 27, 2001 (age 25)
Birthplace: Taylorsville, UT, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 305 lbs
College: Utah
Experience: 1 season
Status: Practice Squad

Stats

2026 Stats

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

About

Timote "Junior" Maile Tafuna (born February 27, 2001) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah Utes.

From Wikipedia’s article on Junior Tafuna, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Tafuna attended Bingham High School in South Jordan, Utah. He was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play college football for the Utah Utes.

College career

Tafuna did not appear in any games for the Utes in 2020. In week 11 of the 2021 season, he notched a career-high nine tackles in a win over Arizona. In 2021, Tafuna totaled 33 tackles with five and a half being for a loss, four and a half sacks, a fumble recovery, and a pass deflection. He was named the Pac-12 Conference defensive freshman of the year and was named second-team all-Pac-12. In 2022, Tafuna started all 14 games, notching 27 tackles with three and a half being for a loss, a sack, an interception, and a pass deflection, while once again being named second-team all-Pac-12. In week 10 of the 2023 season, he recorded his first career forced fumble, which he also recovered against Oregon. Tafuna finished the year with 17 tackles with three being for a loss, a sack and a half, two pass deflections, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery.

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