The Utah junior, Tafuna, signed on Sunday as a free agent with the Texans of Houston after being died in the draft of the NFL.
The senior defensive tackle of Taylorsville would have been selected to be selected in the seventh round or sign with a team as a priority free agent. Depending on his profile on NFL.com, he is projected as an average backup or a special team.
He ranked 34th among the defensive plated at the combination in production, 17th in athletics and 36th in the total score.
Tafuna was selected all the conferences in each of its four seasons with the UTES, including the honorable mention of All-Big 12 by the coaches in 2024, while he was team captain and played in 10 games with nine departures, making 31 placed and recovering an escape. He missed two games with an injury no to football.
After having adrawn the 2020 season, he was appointed defensive player of the year of the first year of the PAC-12 conference in 2021, when he started 11 of the 13 games and raised 33 plated, 5.5 plated for the loss and 4.5 bags. He was appointed second All-PAC-12 team in 2022, when he started 14 games, and again in 2023 when he started 11 games.
Tafuna has completed her career with 108 plated in total, 15 plated for loss (52 yards), 7.5 bags, two interceptions and three escaped escaped.
At 6 feet 3 inch 1/2, 308 pounds, its forces include the higher power than the average, the possibility of attacking blocks to prevent the avalanche, and it is athletic in the box with the ability to go beyond, according to an assessor of the NFL talents.
The same evaluation listed its weaknesses as on the small side for its position, which appears on a band; could find it difficult to resist power exchanges with guards; And has rarely struck the quarter of a quarter in the last two academic seasons.
Overall, scouts think that even if Tafuna may not have all the features and production teams from interior lines, its athletic flashes could be enough to create intrigue. The scouts say that it is grainy at the point of attack, fights to neutralize the two teams and the blocks below, although it has a smaller margin of error. It is quite athletic to move around and change direction when it is delayed and twists, and chasing them on the line.
The evaluators believe that it is suitable for the first Downs only and can develop its cutting -edge qualities, but overall, it has a limited ceiling.
