Oklahoma State University Athletics
Tonga Tea
August 15, 2008 | Cowboy Football
Enrolled at OSU in January and participated in spring football ... A first-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-America selection ... Rivals listed him as the 30th best two-year player in the country and SuperPrep placed him 11th among the nation's junior-college transfers ... Scout's JCFootball.com considered Tea a top-10 prospect and the nation's best junior college defensive tackle.
Junior College: Spent three seasons at Snow and redshirted his first year on campus ... Had 24 tackles as a sophomore, including nine stops behind the line of scrimmage ... Credited with 3.5 quarterback sacks and a forced fumble ... Twice named as Snow's defensive player of the week ... Snow finished 2006 ranked second in the country and the Badger defense was among the nation's top 15 each of the past two seasons.
High School: Played just one season of high school football but was named a first-team all-stater at East Anchorage High School.
Personal: Last name is pronounced Teh ... Prefers to be called Junior ... Born Dec. 20, 1986, in Anchorage, Alaska ... Plans to major in sociology.
