Arizona: 3L... The projected starter at middle linebacker entering the 2003 season... Enters the season with 104 total tackles in three seasons… Played in all 12 games and started 11 games for the Wildcats at defensive end during the 2002 season… Filled in for a full season at defensive end last year after his first two seasons as the flex linebacker… Led the team in sacks and led the front in tackles, with more than any UA lineman since 1989… Arizona’s third-leading tackler finished the season with 66 total tackles (41 solo), six tackles for loss (-31 yards), 5.5 sacks (-30 yards), one pass breakup, one fumble recovery and two forced fumbles… Received the Martin Gentry Outstanding Lineman (Defense) Award at the annual team banquet… Had four tackles, a tackle for loss and two sacks in the final game of the season against Arizona State… Had two solo hits at California… Finished with six tackles and a tackle for loss versus UCLA… Had six tackles at Oregon State… Tallied seven tackles versus Washington State… Forced a fumble, had a sack for loss and two tackles at Stanford… Had eight tackles (seven solo) and forced a fumble at Washington… Tallied a career-best 11 tackles to lead the Wildcats in the Oregon game… Had eight tackles, broke up a pass and had a sack for loss versus North Texas… Had five hits, including a tackle for loss, at Wisconsin… Recovered a fumble and had two solo hits versus Utah… Opened the season with five solo tackles and a sack for loss against Northern Arizona… Played in eight games and started six for the Wildcats in 2001 in a season shortened by a hand injury... Finished the year with 21 tackles (16 solo), four tackles for loss (-19 yards) and two sacks (-15 yards)... Tallied four solo hits and two tackles for loss (-4 yards) against UNLV... Had four solo tackles, a tackle for loss and a sack versus Idaho... Had three solo hits, a tackle for loss (-7 yards) and a sack at Arizona State... Had a tackle against Stanford... Notched two solo hits at California and San Diego State... Had two tackles against Oregon and three tackles versus Washington State... Had 2.5 tackles, including one for loss, contributed on a sack and broke up a pass in the spring Red-Blue game... Played in all 11 games for the Wildcats in 2000 and was Adrian Koch’s backup at whip linebacker throughout the season... Closed the season with 17 tackles (10 solo), four tackles for loss (-23 yards), two sacks, two pass breakups and recovered a fumble... Had a season-best six tackles (four solo) against Oregon State... Tallied three tackles at Washington... Had two tackles and broke up a pass against UCLA... Notched two solo hits at Utah and added a sack... Had a tackle at Oregon and had a solo hit and a sack against San Diego State... Recovered a fumble at Stanford... Redshirted for the Wildcats in 1999... The Wildcats had not signed a more-heavily recruited player in the last 14 years than Siofele, who brought a total package – superior academics, outstanding football talent and a background in one of the more successful prep programs nationally.
High School: St. Louis High School, Honolulu, Hawai’i, 1999... Three-year letterman for coach Calvin Lee... Also lettered three years in basketball as a forward and in track and field as a weight thrower... Parade Magazine All-America honors... Also was noted for PrepStar Dream Team 100, PrepStar All-America, SuperPrep All-America, PrepStar Super 30 Regional, Student Sports All-America, Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100, Las Vegas Sun Super 11 honorable mention, National Recruiting Advisor Top 10 linebacker, The Sporting News No. 2 linebacker, Hawai’i defensive player of the year, and Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West honorable mention, among other honors... Earned all-Hawai’i and all-league honors last two seasons and was a second-team all-league selection as a sophomore... Team captain during his senior year... Academic honors just as abundant – principal’s list, honor roll, student of the month, Scholar-Athlete Award, Business Emblem Award, P.E. Emblem Award and president’s list... Won the state discus and shot put titles as a senior... Recruited heavily by Nebraska, Colorado and Washington and was offered scholarships by several other Pac-10 schools, among others.
Siofele’s Career Stats
Year G-GS UT AT TT TFL Sacks Other
2000 11-0 10 7 17 4-23 2-20 2 PD, 1 FR
2001 8-6 16 5 21 4-19 2-15
2002 12-11 41 25 66 6-31 5.5-30 1 PD, 1 FR, 2 FF
Totals 31-17 67 37 104 14-73 9-65 3 PD, 2 FR, 2 FF
