Personal
Parents are Sione and Seini Vailahi ... recruited by Virginia, Virginia Tech, Nebraska, South Carolina and Appalachian State ... father is a professional wrestler known as "The Barbarian" with the WWF ... one of seven children.
Before BYU
Named the 2004 Southwestern 4-A Defensive Player of the Year ... a first-team All-Mecklenburg Conference defensive lineman as a senior ... earned first-team All-Southwestern 4-A honors as a junior defensive lineman ... a three-year letterwinner for Coach Bennie McMurray at Waddell High School ... led team to an 11-3 record and a conference championship as a senior ... projected to play offensive line at BYU.