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2024: Appeared in all 12 games on the defensive line during the 2024 season... Made 32 total tackles (14 solo, 18 assists) with four tackles for loss and two sacks... Forced one fumble... Registered season-high seven tackles (7 assists) against West Virginia (10/26)... Made first tackle (1 assist) with Arizona against NAU (9/7)... Registered one tackle at Kansas State (9/13)... Posted four tackles (3 solo, 1 assists) including one tackle for loss (sack) at Utah (9/28)... Made two tackles against Texas Tech (1 solo, 1 assist) including one tackle for loss (sack)... Recorded three total tackles at BYU (2 solo, 1 assist) on Oct. 12... Notched five tackles (2 solo, 3 assists) against Houston (11/15)... Recorded four tackles (2 solo, 2 assist) against ASU (11/30). 

Before Arizona: Over his career at Southern California (31 games) he has 46 tackles, including 7.0 for a loss (with 1 sack), 2 fumble recoveries and 2 QB hurries in his career while appearing in 31 games with 25 starts... 2023: Appeared in 12 games making nine total tackles (7 solo, 2 assists) with 0.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery... 2022: Ta’ufo’ou recorded 27 tackles, including 5.5 for loss of 14 yards (with 1 sack for minus 6 yards), 2 fumble recoveries and 2 QB hurries while appearing in all 14 games with 13 starts (all but the Cotton Bowl versus Tulane) as a redshirt junior in 2022…. Made 3 tackles, including 1 for loss of 1 yard against Stanford… Recorded 2 tackles, including 1 for loss of 6 yards (with 1 sack for minus 6 yards) against Fresno State… Tallied 3 tackles at Oregon State, including 1 for loss of 1 yard and a QB hurry… Notched 4 tackles against Arizona State and 2 against Washington State…. Collected 1 tackle and 1 fumble recovery at Utah… Posted 3 tackles, including 0.5 for loss of 3 yards at Arizona… 1 tackle, including 1 for loss of 1 yard versus California and 1 fumble recovery against Colorado… Tallied 2 tackles, including 1 for loss of 2 yards, at UCLA and 4 tackles against Notre Dame… Recorded 2 tackles and 1 QB hurry in the Pac-12 Championship against Utah... 2021:  Ta’ufo’ou started on the defensive line as a redshirt sophomore in 2021… In 2021 appeared in 12 games and starting 9 times (all but UCLA, BYU, California), he had 18 tackles, including 1.5 for a loss of 1 yard… Had 3 tackles (1 for a loss) against San Jose State, 2 tackles versus Stanford, 3 tackles against Oregon State, 2 tackles against Utah, 1 tackle against both Notre Dame and Arizona, 4 tackles (0.5 for loss) at Arizona State and 2 tackles versus BYU... 2020:  Ta’ufo’ou was a backup defensive lineman as a redshirt freshman in 2020… Overall in 2020 while appearing in 2 games (Arizona State and Arizona), he made 1 tackle (at Arizona)... 2019:  Ta’ufo’ou, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2019 after graduating a semester early from high school, saw brief action in 3 games (Arizona, California, Iowa) at defensive tackle as a first-year freshman in 2019, but did not make a tackle.  He was able to redshirt.

High School (Grace Brethren):  He made 2018 PrepStar All-Western Region, Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, All-CIF Division 4 Defensive Player of the Year, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team and All-Camino League Defensive Lineman of the Year as a senior linebacker and running back at Grace Brethren High in Simi Valley (Calif.)… In 2018, he had 97 tackles, including 17 for losses (with 9.5 sacks), 6 forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a deflection on defense, ran for 166 yards on 24 carries (11.1 avg) with 2 TD and had a 12-yard reception on offense and had a 16-yard kickoff return… Grace Brethern won the 2018 state 2AA and CIF Division 4 titles… As a junior in 2017, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Medium Schools first team, Cal-Hi Sports Juniors third team, All-CIF Division 8 Player of the Year and All-Tri-Valley first team as he had 89 tackles, including 10 sacks, plus an interception for a TD, 3 fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and a deflection on defense and ran for 35 yards on 10 carries (3.5 avg) and caught 2 passes for 33 yards (16.5 avg) on offense… Grace Brethern was the 2017 CIF Division 4 champion and state Division 2AA runner-up… As a 2016 sophomore, he made All-Tri-Valley first team as he had 39 tackles, including 6.5 sacks, and a deflection, plus 67 yards on 3 carries (22.3 avg) with a TD and caught an 8-yard pass…. As a 2015 freshman, he had 39 tackles, including 7 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery, plus 25 yards on 4 carries (2.5 avg).  

Personal:  He is majoring in Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Change.