Jonah Laulu

Position:
DL
Class:
Redshirt Fifth Year
Height:
6-5
Weight:
289
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
Prev School:
University of Hawai'i

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2018	4-0	0	0	0	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0	0	0
2019	15-0	7	4	11	6.0-18	2.5-13	0	1	0	0
2020	9-7	14	12	26	5.0-19	1.5-10	0	0	0	1
2021	12-11	21	13	34	8.0-50	4.0-37	0	0	1	1
2022	13-3	6	14	20	5.5-21	1.5-12	1-26	0	0	1
2023	13-3	4	7	11	3.0-10	1.0-3	0	0	0	0
Career	66-24	52	50	102	27.5-118	10.5-75	1-26	1	1	3

2023
Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... played in all 13 games and made three starts … all three starts came in season’s first three games … totaled 11 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and four QB hurries … notched one TFL vs. UCF (10/21) … tallied a tackle and a QB hurry vs. Iowa State (9/30) … registered two tackles (1.0 sack) at Cincinnati (9/23) … recorded two tackles (0.5 TFL) at Tulsa (9/16) … notched a season-high three tackles (0.5 TFL) and a QB hurry vs. SMU (9/9).

2022
Played in all 13 games and made starts at Iowa State (10/29), at Texas Tech (11/26) and vs. Florida State in Cheez-It Bowl (12/29)… totaled 20 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, one interception, one pass breakup and two QB hurries … recorded one TFL, a pass breakup and a QB hurry at Texas Tech … registered season-high five tackles, 2.0 TFLs, 0.5 sack and first career interception (returned 26 yards) vs. Oklahoma State (11/19) … logged four tackles at Iowa State … made three stops (0.5 for loss) vs. Kansas State (9/24) … tallied two tackles (1.5 for loss, 1.0 sack) at Nebraska (9/17).

2021 (AT HAWAI'I)
Played in 12 games and made 11 starts … registered 34 total tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks, four QB hurries, one fumble recovery and a pass breakup … tallied three solo tackles and one TFL vs. Colorado State (11/20) … notched five tackles and 0.5 TFL vs. San Diego State (11/6) … recorded four stops, one TFL and a QB hurry at Utah State (10/30) … made four tackles, one sack and two QB hurries at Nevada (10/16) … recovered a fumble and made a tackle vs. Fresno State (10/2) … tallied five tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a sack vs. San Jose State (9/18) … notched six tackles (five solo) and 2.0 sacks in season opener vs. UCLA (8/28).

2020 (AT HAWAI'I)
Played in all nine games and made seven starts … led UH’s defensive linemen with 5.0 tackles for loss … recorded 26 tackles and 1.5 sacks … had multiple tackles in all but one game … started at tight end in New Mexico Bowl win over Houston (12/24) … caught two passes including a 4-yard touchdown in first half of the bowl game … blocked a kick vs. Boise State (11/21) … recorded 2.5 TFLs at San Diego State (11/14) … notched a career-best six tackles at Wyoming (10/30).

2019 (AT HAWAI'I)
Played in all 15 games on the defensive line and special teams … notched 11 tackles with more than half resulting in a loss … finished second on the team in both sacks (2.5) and tackles for loss (6.0) … recorded multiple tackles for loss in road games at Nevada (9/28) and Boise State (10/12) … had three tackles, two TFLs and one forced fumble in road win at Nevada.

2018 (AT HAWAI'I)
Redshirted … appeared in four games, mostly on special teams … named the Coach Hank Vasconcellos Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Centennial High School in Las Vegas, Nev. … played on both sides of the ball and earned all-conference honors as a senior despite playing just half the season … had 10 receptions, 182 yards and one touchdown in six games played … posted 26 solo tackles, four tackles for loss and one fumble recovery on defense … also lettered in basketball and track.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2022 ... graduated from OU with an Arts and Sciences Planned Program degree and is pursuing a master's in business analytics … last name pronounced lah-OO-loo.