University of Nevada Las Vegas

UNLV: A big presence in the middle of the defense who will again battle for time at a tackle position this fall … Member of the 2020 Academic All-Mountain West Team ... A two-time member of the UNLV Dean’s Honor List ... Name is pronounced “WHY-saul-aa MUH-ah-VES-ee.”

2024: Appeared in three games vs. Utah Tech, Fresno State and UNR.

• Recorded one tackle and recovered a fumble in a win over Utah Tech

2023: Changed jersey numbers from 96 to 44 for his junior season ... Appeared in five games and finished with four total tackles, including sharing a quarterback sack in win at New Mexico.

2022: Appeared in the final 11 games of the season … Made two starts for the Rebels at Notre Dame and San Diego State in back-to-back weeks … Finished with seven total tackles, 2.5 TFL and two pass breakups … Top performance came in Week Two at Cal when he posted a season-high three TT, which included two TFL, one QB sack and forced fumble.

2021: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by playing in eight games, including making his first collegiate start at UNR … Totaled five tackles, including his first QB sack for a loss of five yards in a win at New Mexico.

2020: Redshirted season by appearing in only one game, vs. Wyoming.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Timpview HS in Provo, UT … Chose the Rebels over offers from Washington State and UCLA … Rated as a three-star prospect by both 247Sports and ESPN … Ranked the No. 142 DT recruit in the nation and No. 14 overall prospect in the state of Utah by 247Sports … A three-year letterwinner under Andy Stokes … As a senior in 2019, collected 44 tackles and 10.5 sacks … Earned first team all- region, Utah All-Valley Honorable Mention and all-state honorable mention.

PERSONAL: Waisale Ezra Muavesi was born in Provo, UT … The son of Phillip Muavesi, Katie Muavesi and Lydia Afualo … Has three younger siblings, Emma, Ephraim and Sundiata … In graduate school.