2020-25 • UCLA
Season: 2025: Played in 12 games, starting one...Tallied 15 tackles, eight solo, two tackles for loss, one sack and one fumble recovery. 2024: Appeared in 12 games and made seven starts...Collected 23 tackles, 14 solo, and one sack. 2023: Played in seven games. 2022: Made appearances in two games. 2021: Did not see game action. 2020: Played in seven games.
Game-By-Game: 2025: at UNLV (9/6): Assisted on two tackles. New Mexico (9/12): Recorded three tackles, one solo. at Michigan State (10/11): Made a solo tackle for loss and recovered a fumble. Maryland (10/18): Had two tackles. at Indiana (10/25): Helped on two tackles. Nebraska (11/8): Collected two tackles. Washington (11/22): Registered two tackles, one solo...Had a QB hurry. at USC (11/29): Recorded a solo sack for 13 yards.
2024: at Hawaii (8/31): Made two tackles, one solo. Indiana (9/14): Tallied four tackles, three solo. at LSU (9/21): Secured three solo tackles. Oregon (9/28): Notched six tackles, three solo. at Penn State (10/5): Compiled three tackles, one solo. Minnesota (10/12): Registered two tackles, both solo...Added a solo sack. at Rutgers (10/19): Assisted on one tackle. at Nebraska (11/2): Made two stops, one solo.
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Played at Oakland High School...Was a Sacramento Bee All-Metro selection...Named All-Sac-Joaquin Section Defensive MVP...Selected MaxPreps All-State second team...Rated as a three-star prospect...Also competed in track & field...Son of Kolo and Seilose Taupaki...Has three brothers and two sisters...Earned his undergraduate degree from UCLA in political science...Studying communications arts and sciences.