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Waisale Muavesi
- Ht/Wt:
- 6-3 / 290
- Exp:
- 3L
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Provo, UT
- High School:
- Timpview HS
A two-time member of the UNLV Dean’s Honor List ... Name is pronounced “WHY-saul-aa MUH-ah-VES-ee.”
2025: Appeared in all 14 games as a senior for the Rebels ... Recorded eight total tackles (two solo and six assisted).
- Posted a sack in a win at Colorado State (Nov. 8)
- Earned Academic All-Mountain West recognition
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 ... A member of the Academic All-Mountain West Team.
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.
