University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2016: Redshirted.

Prep: A 2016 graduate of Plant High School in Tampa, Fla…a four-year letterwinner in football...team captured the District 8 championship in each season…as a senior, converted on 7-of-10 field goal attempts with two of his misses beyond 45 yards…had an 80-percent touchback rate on kickoffs and also averaged 40 yards per punt…as a junior, named a first-team 8-A all-state kicker after setting a new school record for most touchbacks in the regular-season (30)…game-tying field goal with 32 seconds left to help Plant capture the District championship…nailed a 50-yard field goal that season …named an all-county second-team punter by the Tampa Tribune…broke the school record for PATs in a season with 55 as freshman en route to AP 2A first-team honors…also lettered in soccer and track…earned all-county second-team honors in soccer.

Personal: Born in Tampa, Fla…nickname is “Yaff”…intends to major in kinesiology…has one older sister…parents are Mark and Christel Yaffe of Tampa, Fla.