2024 Football Roster

9 Tamatoa McDonough

  • Height 6-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Asheville, N.C.
  • High School Asheville

Biography

2024:
  • Appeared in all 10 games
  • Recorded 27 total tackles and a team-high 6.5 sacks
  • Recorded 2.5 sacks against Princeton on Nov. 16
  • Went five-straight games with a sack from Oct. 25 to Nov. 23
  • Forced fumbles against Penn and Brown
  • 2024 All-Ivy Second Team
2023: Key contributor on defensive line... Finished with 12 tackles (4 solo, 8 assisted), including two for a loss... In on three tackles in the win over Cornell.

2022: Appeared in all 10 games and had 10 tackles... First career sack came in the win at Penn... Made two tackles in the Ivy League championship clinching win at Harvard.

2021: Provided depth on the defensive line.

High School: Played offensive and defensive line for Asheville while also competing for the track & field teams as a discus and shot put thrower in addition to the 110-meter hurdles … registered 14 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks, 36 quarterback hurries, 41 tackles and two fumbles recovered.
 
Personal: Full name, Tamatoamanaia McDonough or Tama for short … Son of Molly McDonough-Leota and Petelo Leota … father played in a rugby league … older brother Pika Leota played football at Benedictine, older brother Eku Leota graduated from Northwestern and now plays football at Auburn … has two younger siblings, Osofa'i Leota and Malieta Leota.

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Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2021First Year

    DL
    6'5" 237 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2022First Year

    DL
    6'5" 237 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2022-23Sophomore

    DL
    6'5" 237 lbs
    83
  • 9

    2023Junior

    DL
    6'5" 263 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2024Senior

    DL
    6'5" 255 lbs
    9