Oklahoma State University Athletics
2018 Football Roster
Roster
Samuela Tuihalamaka
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Riverside, CA
- High School:
- Mater Dei
Pronounced sam-WELL-uh
TOO-ee-HAH-luh-MAH-kah
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
Has played meaningful time on the interior of the defensive line, seeing action in more than 20 games in his career.
2021 (Junior): Saw action in four games, playing in the wins over Kansas State, Kansas, West Virginia and TCU ... Credited with six tackles, including five solo stops ... Had a season-best three tackles against the Jayhawks, including an assisted sack ... Also had one tackle for loss each against KSU and KU.
2020 (Sophomore): A first team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Saw action in five games, playing against West Virginia, Kansas, Texas Tech, Baylor and Miami ... Recorded two solo tackles in the final regular season game at Baylor.
2019 (Freshman): A rotation player on the defensive line who saw action in 12 games ... Earned starts against Tulsa, Kansas State and Texas Tech ... Logged 20 tackles, 10 of which were solo stops ... Had a sack against West Virginia ... Forced a fumble against Kansas State that was recovered by Brock Martin ... Assisted on a tackle for loss against both Tulsa and Texas ... Recorded a season-high six tackles against Tulsa ... Had four tackles against Texas and three against Texas Tech.
2018: Redshirt. Did not see any game action.
High School: Played for coach Bruce Rollinson at Mater Dei … A valuable defensive leader who helped lead his team to a 15-0 state championship season as a senior … Finished his last high school season with 41 total tackles, including 25 solo stops and 8.5 tackles for loss … Also added 2.0 sacks, two fumble recoveries, a fumble return for a touchdown, a pass breakup and three quarterback hurries … Also competed in wrestling … Listed as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, which also listed him as the No. 87 defensive tackle in the national class and as the No. 130 overall prospect in California … ESPN also listed him as a three-star player and the No. 121 overall recruit in the state of California ... Chose Oklahoma State over offers from Louisiana and others.
Personal: Samuela Tuihalamaka was born Jan. 18, 2000, in Riverside, California … Son of Sione and Ane Tuihalamaka … Management major ... Plans to attend law school.
