University of Oklahoma Athletics

2023 Football Roster

Jonah Laulu
Jersey Number 8

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
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2023
Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... played in all 13Ā 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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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