University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2014 (Senior): Named honorable mention all-MW…also selected second-team all-MW by College Sports Madness and to the third-team by Phil Steele…repeated as the team’s Defensive Player of the Year…started all 13 games at defensive end…led all defensive linemen with 45 total tackles (33 solo, 12 assisted)…also recorded 8.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, seven quarterback hurries, and one pass breakup…scored first career touchdown after recovering a fumble in the end zone against Northern Iowa (Sept. 13)…posted career-high eight tackles along with a sack at San Jose State (Nov. 15)…recorded 2.0 TFL each against Wyoming (Oct. 11) and UNLV (Nov. 22)…also had three QB hurries against the Rebels…forced a fumble and had one QB hurry at Colorado State (Nov. 8)…Polynesian Football Hall of Fame College Player of the Year Watch List…CFPA Defensive Lineman Trophy Watch List.

2013 (Junior): Named second team all-MW…received first-team all-MW honors by College Sports Madness and second-team honors by Phil Steele…appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts on the defensive line…finished the season with 37 total tackles, including 12.0 for loss and a team-leading 5.5 sacks…also recorded six quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, and one pass breakup…ranked eighth in the MW in sacks and tied for eighth in tackles for loss…selected as the team’s
Defensive Most Valuable Player…career-high six tackles in consecutive games against San Jose State (Oct. 5) and UNLV (Oct. 12)…also had 2.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks against the Rebels…forced fumbles against San Diego State (Nov. 16) and Army (Nov. 30)…also had two tackles-for-loss against Army and Wyoming (Nov. 23)…recorded at least one tackle-for-loss in eight games.
 
2012 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 12 games with 10 starts at defensive end…finished the season with 37 total tackles, including 10.5 for loss, three sacks, one forced fumble, three quarterback hurries and one blocked kick…ranked 10th in the MW in tackles for loss…had one QB hurry and blocked a PAT against BYU (Sept. 28)…posted one sack each in the team’s first two games against USC (Sept. 1) and Lamar (Sept. 15)…season-high five tackles with one sack and one QB hurry against South Alabama (Dec. 1)…had three tackles for loss and five tackles each against USC and Nevada (Sept. 22)…named preseason third team all-MW by Phil Steele.

2011 (Freshman): Played in eight games as a backup defensive lineman…also served as backup long snapper…had three tackles and one sack…lone sack occurred against UC Davis (Sept. 24)…recorded two tackles against Tulane (Nov. 26).

2010: Redshirted.

Prep: A 2010 graduate of Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama in Honolulu, O‘ahu...a three-sport athlete who competed in football, track and wrestling…earned two varsity letters in football....tallied 114 total tackles, 20 sacks, 17 tackles-for-loss, four forced fumbles and 36 quarterback hurries as a senior...named The Honolulu Advertiser Division I co-Defensive Player of the Year and first team all-state…Honolulu Star-Bulletin all-state second team…team co-captain of 2009 Division I state championship team…also a two-time all-ILH first-team pick…competed in the H.U.B. Goodwill Hawai‘i Senior Bowl…invited to play in Max Emfinger’s All-American Bowl...rated as a Top 20 recruit in the state by Rivals.com...a three-time power relay champion in track while competing in the 200-pound-and-over division...placed fifth at the state wrestling championships as a junior in the 215-pound division.

Personal: Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu...majoring in sociology...has a younger brother...father played football for UH (1981-82)...parents are Boyd and Kehau Yap of Pearl City, O‘ahu.