Personal
- Mother is Malia Finau Mataele
- Has six siblings including twin brother Kelepi Vete (BYU DL)
- Has three uncles and two cousins that played Division I football
- Family originally from the villages of Afa and Vaotu'u in Tonga
- Spent his last three years of high school training at Laney College with Last Chance U Coach John Beam
Before BYU
- A three-star recruit out of Alameda High School
- Also competed at Fremont
- Also recruited by Cal, Stanford, Arizona State, Arizona, San Jose State, Utah, Oregon State, San Diego State, UCLA and Baylor