University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2013 (Senior): Appeared in 11 games with two starts on the defensive line in his only season with UH…finished the season with 21 total tackles, including 4.0 for loss, one sack, one pass breakup, one quarterback hurry, and one forced fumble…made starts against Nevada (Sept. 21) and Colorado State (Oct. 26)…season-high five tackles at Oregon State (Sept. 7)…had two tackles for loss at Wyoming (Nov. 23)…recorded one sack and one forced fumble at Nevada…named to the academic all-MW team.
 
2012: Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.

Prior To UH: Attended the University of California at Los Angeles...appeared in 21 career games in three seasons... in 2011, played in all 13 games for a squad that appeared in the Pac-12 championship and the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl...recorded 19 tackles, 4.0 for loss, one sack and one fumble recovery...as a sophomore in 2010, appeared in first three games of the year before suffering a season-ending injury...saw action in five games as a true freshman in 2009...an honor-roll student in 2010.

Prep: A 2009 graduate of Long Beach Poly in California...a four-year letterwinner in football...rated No. 3 defensive end in the state of California and No. 5 in the West by scout.com...ranked No. 40 nationally among defensive ends by scout.com...rated No. 78 defensive end by ESPNU...member of scout.com California 101 (No. 44)...named SuperPrep All-Far West No. 51 prospect...rated No. 63 California prospect by rivals.com...rated No. 39 strongside defensive end by rivals.com...as a senior, tallied 107 tackles, including 16 sacks and 19 tackles for loss, while serving as team captain...helped Long Beach Poly to back-to-back CIF-SS Pac-5 titles...squad also reached the California State Open Division title game...selected first team All-America by MaxPreps...a PrepStar All-West Region selection...named all-state first team by MaxPreps, CalHiSports.com and GoldenStatePreps.com...named CIF-SS Pac-5 Division first team and first-team all-league...tabbed L.A.Times Lineman of the Year...also named to the L.A. Times Dream Team...named Moore League Defensive Lineman of the Year...graduated with honors...high school teammate of fellow Rainbow Warrior George Daily-Lyles.

Personal: Born in Long Beach, Calif...majoring in sociology...has one brother and one sister...parents are Iuta and Alameda Tepa of Long Beach, Calif.

2013 Game-by-Game Statistics