Viliami Fehoko

AWARDS:

• Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year (2022)
• Sporting News All-America Second Team (2022)
• PFF All-America Second Team (2022)
• Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team (2022)
• All-Mountain West First Team (2020, 21, 22)
• Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (10/31/22)
• East-West Shrine Defensive Player of the Week (10/17/22)
• Preseason All-Mountain West (2022)
• First Team Preseason Athlon All-Mountain West Defense (2022)

 

HISTORY — from college bio

 

2022:

• Led the MW and finished fifth in the country with a career-high 19.0 tackles for loss and finished third in the league and finished 17th in the country with a career-high nine sacks
• Finished third on the Spartans in 2022 with a career-high 69 total tackles
• Finished his career at SJSU with 191 tackles, 46 tackles for loss, 23 sacks and 14 pass deflections in 48 games played
• He is second in SJSU history in tackles for loss (46), eighth in single-season tackles for loss (19) and fifth in career sacks (23)
• Had four tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against EMU in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (12/20)
• Four tackles, tied career-high with two sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss against Hawai'i (11/26)
• Four tackles at Utah State (11/19)
• Six tackles including 0.5 for loss at San Diego State (11/12)
• Five tackles with two sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss vs. CSU (11/05)
• Career-high 12 tackles, tied career-high 2 sacks, career-high 4.5 TFL's, plus a FF vs. Nevada (10/29)
• Sack, forced fumble, recovered fumble, plus seven tackles with career-high three for loss at Fresno State (10/15)
• Started and had two tackles with a sack and 1.0 tackles for loss vs. UNLV (10/7)
• Started and had 6 tackles with first sack of season, 1.5 tackles for loss and 2 QB hits at Wyoming (10/01)
• Started and had career-high eight tackles including 1.0 for loss vs. WMU (9/24)
• Started and had five tackles at Auburn including 1.0 for loss and a pass deflection (9/10)
• Started and had six tackles vs. Portland St. (9/1)

 

2021:

• Started all 12 games as an anchor for the Spartans defense 
• Led the team in tackles for loss (10.5), sacks (7), and in forced fumbles (3)
• Tied for seventh in sacks per game in the conference and tied for 12th in tackles for loss per game (12.5)
• Had 36 total tackles on the season, including seven stops vs. Wyoming (10/30)
• Had a pair of sacks at both Western Michigan (9/25) and UNLV (10/21)

 

2020:

• Started all eight games for the Mountain West champions
• Fifth on the team with total tackles (36)
• Led the Mountain West and tied for 17th nationally with 12.5 tackles for loss
• Recorded a tackle for loss in each of the last seven games of the season, including five games with two or more
• Season-high 2.5 tackles for loss in the Hawai'i win (12/5)
• Ranked second on the squad with six quarterback sacks
• Recorded a sack in four-straight games
• Had a pair of sacks in win over UNLV (11/14)
• Season high-tying six tackles with two tackles for loss and a sack against New Mexico (10/31) 
• Recovered a second-half fumble that produced a Spartan touchdown in the San Diego State win 
• Credited with three pass break-ups during the season

 

2019:

• Played in all 12 games and started 11 times
• Was in on 44 tackles, recording at least 0.5 tackles in 10 games
• Career-high seven tackles in the season-finale win over Fresno State (11/30)
• Credited with 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 quarterback sacks
• Had his first major college sack vs. Boise State (11/2)
• Tied for second on the team with four pass break-ups, all in a pass rush situation

 

2018:

• Saw action in four conference games as a reserve defensive lineman while completing a redshirt season
• Was in on five tackles, including a season-high three tackles at Wyoming (11/3)
• First major college action was against San Diego State (10/21)

 

HIGH SCHOOL:

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• Lettered in football (Coach Greg Calcagno) at Saint Francis High in Mountain View, Calif.
• A first-team All-West Coast Athletic League, Bay Area News Group first-team All-Bay Area and San Francisco Chronicle honorable mention All-Metro pick

 

PERSONAL: A communication studies major ... Speaks Tongan and can communicate effectively in sign language ... Last name is pronounced Feh-ho-coe ... Was a member of the East Palo Alto Razorbacks rugby club ... Family tree includes former San Jose State defensive lineman and current graduate assistant Cedric Lousi and current women's volleyball player Latahevai Lousi ... A second cousin of Vita Vea, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2018 first-round draft pick ... He is a native of Stanford, Calif.

 

CAREER STATISTICS:

TACKLING	U/A	A	Total	TFL	PD	FF	FR	BLK	SACKS
2018	2	3	5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	16	28	44	3-15	4	0	0	0	1
2020	23	13	36	12.5-65	3	0	1	0	6
2021	21	16	37	11.5-42	6	3	0	1	7
2022	41	28	69	19-89	1	2	1	0	9
CAREER	103	88	191	46-211	14	5	2	1	23