Tiumalu Afalava Season 2024

Entering 2025 season

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024)
Did not play in a game in his first season at SDSU, working on the practice squad.

AT CALIFORNIA (2023-24)
Redshirted his first season at California in 2023 ... Stayed with the Bears through the spring 2024 season, but elected to transfer.

HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterwinner at Bishop Amat High School ... Helped his team to back-to-back CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff appearances as a junior and senior ... Played 21 games, totaling 67 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks (-37 yards) in his career ... Recorded 29 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss and 1.0 sack (-8 yards) as a team captain in 2022 ... Named to Southern California's Elite Cannon List for defensive linemen and was named one of San Gabriel Valley Tribune's top five defensive players prior to his senior season ... Earned all-area and all-Mission League honors as a junior... A consensus three-star recruit... Ranked the 114th defensive end by ESPN ... National defensive linemen rankings: 93rd (247Sports), 116th (247Sports Composite), 128th (On3 Consensus) and 157th (On3) ... California Overall Player Rankings: 86th (ESPN), 95th (247Sports), 98th (247Sports Composite), 105th (On3 Consensus) and 127th (On3) ... Invited to the Legit Rare All-American Championship Series in July of 2022.

PERSONAL
Born July 26, 2004 ... Son of Tifaimoana Afalava ... Filmed a role in a commercial with Under Armour that included Tom Brady and Morgan Freeman... Knows how to solve a Rubik's Cube.