Tevarua Tafiti

Career Honors Gundelach Award (2025) ACC All-Academic Team (2024) Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023) Greg Piers Award- Special Teams (2022) As a Redshirt Junior (2025) Gundelach Award Played in 11 games and made 10 starts at outside linebacker Recorded 32 total tackles, including seven tackles-for-loss, tying a career high in that department Added two sacks, giving him eight in his career, and three seasons with multiple sacks Had six tackles and two tackles-for-loss against BYU, both season highs, and his first sack of the year (Sept. 6) Had half-sacks in consecutive games in November, against North Carolina and California As a Junior (2024) ACC All-Academic Team Appeared in all 12 games and started at outside linebacker the final 10 games of the season Finished the season with 41 total tackles and was tied for the second on the team in tackles-for-loss (7) and sacks (3.5) In addition to his career-high in sacks, set career highs in forced fumbles (2) Recorded his first sack of the season in the team's first-ever ACC win at Syracuse (Sept. 20) Had a forced fumble to go with eight tackles and a sack against Virginia Tech (Oct. 5) Recorded 1.5 sacks, including a strip-sack, and recovered the fumble, running it back 44 yards for a touchdown against Wake Forest (Oct. 26) Became the first Cardinal with a fumble recovery touchdown since Jonathan McGill did so at No. 17 UCF in 2019 Made a dazzling one-handed interception in the fourth quarter at NC State (Nov. 2) Became the first Stanford linebacker since Sean Barton in 2018 with an interception, forced fumble, and fumble recovery in the same season As a Sophomore (2023) Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll Saw action in all 12 games Totaled 46 tackles, four-and-a-half tackles for loss for 23 yards and two-and-a-half sacks for 18 yards Collected nine quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one pass breakup As a Freshman (2022) Greg Piers Award- Special Teams Stanford Scout Team Player of the Week- Special Teams (Week 1- Colgate) Stanford Scout Team Player of the Week- Defense (Week 7- Notre Dame) Appeared in the final four games of the season, retains ability to redshirt Registered one tackle Prior to Stanford A unanimous four-star prospect Ranked No. 230 by Rivals, No. 246 by PrepStar and No. 253 by ESPN The top-ranked recruit in Hawaii by Rivals, ESPN, PrepStar and On3, and No. 2 by 247Sports Ranked No. 17 at weak-side defensive end by Rivals, No. 23 at outside linebacker by ESPN, No. 26 at linebacker by PrepStar, and No. 31 at linebacker by 247Sports and No. 35 by On3 2022 Polynesian Bowl selection All-state selection All-ILH selection Two-time OC16 Player of the Game John Fox Award winner for athletic and academic success Also lettered in wrestling Personal Parents are Matthew and Traci Siblings are Tavehi, Hina and Tautua Interested in majoring in environmental engineering Born in Lihue, Hawaii