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2023: Appeared in all 13 games with 12 starts during the 2023 season... Made 28 total tackles (9 solo, 19 assists) with 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack for minus five yards... Recovered one fumble and broke up one pass... Posted season-high three tackles five times including the 38-24 win over No. 12 Oklahoma in the Valero Alamo Bowl... Made only sack of season against UTEP on Sept. 16... Recorded 0.5 tackle for loss in the win over Oklahoma (12/28)... Finished collegiate career with 54 games played between UCLA and Arizona. 

Before Arizona: Appeared in 41 games over five seasons with UCLA from 2018 to 2022… During the 2022 season, appeared in four games before deciding to transfer and entering the portal… Made 53 total tackles including 29 solo and 24 assists… Posted 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack… Recorded four pass deflections and forced one fumble… In 2021, had a season-high two tackles at Utah ... Credited with a quarterback sack vs. Cal ... Had stops against Fresno State and Arizona… In high school, rated a four-star recruit according to 247 Sports and the No. 9 defensive tackle recruit in the nation, the No. 108 overall prospect in the country and the No. 14 recruit in the state of California … ESPN.com four-star recruit and the No. 34 defensive tackle prospect in the country and No. 46 recruit in California … Rivals.com three-star recruit and No. 76 recruit in California … As a senior, he was credited with 12 tackles, 3.5 TFLs … in his junior season, he made 39 tackles, 9.0 TFLs and 5.5 sacks …selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Personal: Parents: Janice and Ofa Manoa … Has three brothers … Lists the NFL's Aaron Donald and Troy Polamalu as the famous athletes he most admires ... Earned UCLA’s Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Winter 2021.