2025 Utah Tech Football Roster
Biography
At Utah Tech 2024: Played in all 12 games with seven starts, six of which came at nose tackle … racked up 24 total tackles with seven solo stops … recorded a career-high five tackles in the season finale at Southern Utah (11/23) … notched his first collegiate sack in the opener vs. Montana State (8/31) … earned Academic All-WAC honors.
At Utah Tech 2023: Played in all 11 games with two starts and finished with 10 total tackles … racked up a season-high four tackles at Abilene Christian (11/4) … opened the year with a three-tackle effort at Montana State (9/2) … earned Academic All-WAC honors.
At Utah Tech 2022: Played three games with one start before using his redshirt ... recorded four tackles (three solo) with one TFL ... tallied three of those tackles and the TFL at Weber State (9/17).
At Utah Tech Fall 2021: Started in five of the 10 games he played in, including the final three games of the season … collected nine total tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and his first collegiate sack, which came at Montana (10/9) ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.
At Utah Tech Spring 2021: Did not play in the spring.
Before Utah Tech: Earned three varsity letters in football at Tigard High School (stats and highlights not available) … was also part of three-straight rugby state championship teams … played his freshman year at Southridge (OR) HS.
More on Laytan: Born in Portland, Oregon … parents are Michael and Tamara Tanuvasa … he and his wife Tu’u are the parents of one son – Atoa … also recruited by Portland State … favorite team is the Pittsburgh Steelers … favorite athlete is rugby star Jerry Tuwai … favorite band is Three Plus … favorite food is Spam musubi … earned his Bachelor's degree in business management and is working on a second degree in finance.
Why Laytan chose Utah Tech: “I chose Utah Tech because I love the culture and the atmosphere here, and it felt like home when I came to visit.”
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2020Freshman
Defensive Line
6'1"
270 lbs
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2021Freshman
Defensive Line
6'1"
270 lbs
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2022Sophomore
Defensive Line
6'1"
295 lbs
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2023Redshirt Sophomore
Defensive Line
6'1"
295 lbs
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2024Redshirt Junior
Defensive Line
6'1"
312 lbs
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2025Redshirt Senior
Defensive Line
6'1"
312 lbs
