Kitione Tau

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-0
Weight:
285
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Concord, Calif.
High School:
Pittsburg HS
Prev School:
Laney CC

2023
• Appeared in four of BGSU's 13 games
• Entered the transfer portal and did not participate in the Quick Lane Bowl
• Had 0.5 tackle for loss against Eastern Illinois

2022
• Appeared 11 of BGSU's 13 games
• Missed the Western Michigan and Kent State games win an injury
• Made one tackle against Marshall
• Notched one tackle and 0.5 TFL at Mississippi State
• Made two tackles and forced a fumble that BGSU recovered against Buffalo
• Made one tackle against Miami (OH)
• Notched four tackles at Ohio
• Made a stop in the Quick Lane Bowl against New Mexico State

Previous School
• Comes to BGSU after appearing in 20 career games at Laney Community College in Oakland, Calif.
• Was a unanimous all-conference Bay 6 selection in 2021 at defensive line
• Collected 51 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 15.5 tackles for loss over 11 games in 2021
• Made 42 tackles with 3.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss in nine games in 2019
• At Laney CC when it was featured on the fifth season of Netflix’s Last Chance U

High School
• A 2019 graduate of Pittsburg High School where he played for head coach Victor Gali
• Earned All-Bay Valley Athletic League honors in 2018
• Team captain at Pittsburg
• Previously played football at Clayton Valley Charter High School
• Attended CVCHS with current Falcon Bryce Brand
• Also participated in track and field and Clayton Valley, throwing the shot put and discus

Personal
• Son of Lesieli and Rodney Tau
• Name is pronounced Key-tee-own-ee, Ta?
• Has two younger brothers, Nana and Sione, and one younger sister, Sariah
• Born in Kailua Kona, Hawaii
• Favorite athletes are Aaron Donald and LeBron James
• Major is individualized studies