Doug Taumoelau

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

Position:
Inside Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
226
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Glendale, Utah
High School:
Brighton HS

PRONOUNCED Dao-moo-lau

CAREER
• Has played in 40 games, making four starts
• Enters 2021 with 122 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, a forced fumble and two quarterback hurries

2020 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
• Played in all seven games, making one start
• Tallied 14 tackles with half a tackle for loss
• Recorded a season-best five tackles against Stanford
• Finished the season with four tackles in a start against Arizona State
• Also had three tackles versus Utah and half a tackle for loss against California

2019 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in 11 games
• Totaled 43 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack. Also forced a fumble against Washington State
• Posted a season-best seven tackles twice: against Cal Poly and UCLA
• Finished with at least three tackles in eight of his 11 games
• Posted a sack versus California and had a solo TFL against Stanford

2018 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in all 12 games, making three starts
• Recorded 54 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and a quarterback hurry
• Picked up a career-high 11 tackles in the season finale versus Oregon, adding half a sack
• Also credited with half a sack against USC. Recorded half a TFL versus Southern Utah
• Finished with at least three tackles in 10 of his 12 games
• Tallied seven tackles at Colorado in the overtime win, and six versus Southern Utah in the Reser Stadium opener

2017 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
• Played in 10 games
• Made 11 tackles, including seven solo
• Posted two tackles four times: versus Washington, USC, Arizona and Oregon

2016 (FRESHMAN)
• Did not play in a game, using his redshirt season
• Signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at Oregon State in February 2016

BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL
• Rivals, Scout and 247Sports three-star prospect
• 77 tackles with six quarterback sacks as a senior
• 106 tackles over final two prep seasons
• Also played fullback
• Helped Brighton advance to the state playoffs as a senior and was named the team’s most outstanding defensive lineman
• First team all-region as a senior
• Helped Brighton to a 30-8 record while he was a team member
• Four-year rugby player
• Team captain for the rugby team
• Also played for the Cannibals Rugby team

PERSONAL
• Son of William Taumoelau and Line Palau
• Has three brothers, Bot, JR and Ilai, and five sisters, Nia, Lila, Maile, Niana and Vyola
• Has two sons
• Older brother, Percy Taumoelau, was a four-year letterman on the offensive line for Utah (2010-13)
• Cousins, Bronson Kaufusi plays football for the New York Jets and Corbon Kaufusi plays for the New Orleans Saints
• Uncle, Jason Kaufusi, is the OLB coach at UCLA
• Enjoys playing rugby
• Homecoming King
• Majoring in psychology