2018 Football Roster
Finau, Melekiola
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Jersey Number 96
Melekiola Finau
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
- High School:
- Luther Burbank
Bio
Last updated on July 18, 2018
HIGH SCHOOL—Rated as a 3-star recruit by the major recruiting services … Named to the All-Metro first-team … Under coach Eddie Elder, the Titans went 6-5 his senior year, losing to Granite Bay in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division II first round … Under coach John Heffernan as a junior, the Titans posted a 7-5 record and reached the second round of the playoffs and were 6-5 his sophomore season … As a senior, he had 43 tackles, including 38 solo stops, five sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … As a junior, he posted 38 tackles, five for losses, two sacks, four quarterback hurries, one fumble recovery and he blocked a punt in seven games … As a sophomore, he had 36 tackles, three for losses, one sack and one forced fumble in 11 games … Running in the 100-meter dash with the track and field team, he clocked personal best time of 13.30, and he also threw the discus and shot put.
ACADEMICS—He is interested in studying Kinesiology at Colorado … Carries a 3.2 GPA in high school and took a pair of AP Classes, IB Math and IB English.
PERSONAL—He was born in Sacramento, Calif. on March 15, 2000 … Hobbies include playing video games (Madden, Call of Duty) and lifting weights … He would like to study kinesiology because he has a strong interest in the human body and how it works; has aspirations of potentially becoming a doctor or personal trainer after college. (Name is pronounced Tah-vh fee-now)
HIGH SCHOOL—Rated as a 3-star recruit by the major recruiting services … Named to the All-Metro first-team … Under coach Eddie Elder, the Titans went 6-5 his senior year, losing to Granite Bay in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division II first round … Under coach John Heffernan as a junior, the Titans posted a 7-5 record and reached the second round of the playoffs and were 6-5 his sophomore season … As a senior, he had 43 tackles, including 38 solo stops, five sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … As a junior, he posted 38 tackles, five for losses, two sacks, four quarterback hurries, one fumble recovery and he blocked a punt in seven games … As a sophomore, he had 36 tackles, three for losses, one sack and one forced fumble in 11 games … Running in the 100-meter dash with the track and field team, he clocked personal best time of 13.30, and he also threw the discus and shot put.
ACADEMICS—He is interested in studying Kinesiology at Colorado … Carries a 3.2 GPA in high school and took a pair of AP Classes, IB Math and IB English.
PERSONAL—He was born in Sacramento, Calif. on March 15, 2000 … Hobbies include playing video games (Madden, Call of Duty) and lifting weights … He would like to study kinesiology because he has a strong interest in the human body and how it works; has aspirations of potentially becoming a doctor or personal trainer after college. (Name is pronounced Tah-vh fee-now)
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