Personal
- Parents are Tovale and Henry
- Has eight siblings
- Cousin is John Taumoepeau (BYU DL)
Before BYU
- Prepped at Westlake High School
- Rated as the No. 3 prospect in Utah and No. 19 linebacker nationally by 247 Sports with an overall rating of 91
- Posted 88 total tackles, 12 Sacks, 13 TFLs and scored six touchdowns as a senior
- Deseret First-Team 6A All-State First Team as a senior
- An Academic All-Region selection as a senior
- Also recruited by Oklahoma State, Boise State, Cal, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Vanderbilt, Oregon State, Arizona and Arizona State