2025 Football Roster

98 Malaki Ta'ase

  • Position Defensive End
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 265
  • Class Sophomore
  • Major Communication
  • Hometown Mesa, Ariz.
  • High School Mountain View HS
  • Prev School New Mexico State

Biography

NEW MEXICO STATE
FRESHMAN (2024): Played in all 12 games during the season, totaling 33 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss, and one sack…added five QB hurries and two pass break-ups…named to 2024 Conference USA All-Freshman Team…season-high six tackles, including a 2-yard sack, at Jacksonville State…had four tackles at both Fresno State and Texas A&M.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
While at Mountain View, Ta'ase was a four-year contributor – playing in 36 games and compiling over 200 tackles…included a sophomore campaign in which he recorded a team-high eight sacks while adding 74 tackles.
 
PERSONAL
Rated a three-star edge rusher and the No. 40 overall recruit in the state of Arizona in 2022…was originally committed to play at Nevada, however, decommitted shortly after the departure of Head Coach Jay Norvell.

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