Samuel Tauvao
Samuel Tauvao
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Andy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Samuel is an excellent defensive lineman and one of the best in the state. He has great size, plays with excellent physicality and displays good quickness to his game. He has quick, violent hands and does an excellent job of advancing his position and creating a pass rush up the middle. He has great technique and is fundamentally sound. Samuel is a true P4 recruit with great upside.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Sam is an exceptional talent. He is an elite interior defensive lineman and has great size and agility numbers. He is an explosive athlete and is too strong and quick for most interior linemen in the state. He won many reps on the night and used different techniques. He has strong, violent hands, moves well for his size, and overwhelms his opponent. His offers will start to roll in soon enough.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Tauvao is an excellent prospect. He has great size and frame already and as a defensive tackle disrupts the game. He moves well overall and has a good lateral quickness to his game. His physicality is tremendous and he does a great job at creating pressure and forcing double teams. He’s an elite prospect and will garner multiple Power-Four offers. Great traits and skill set.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Tauvao is an exceptional talent and is a disruptor up the middle, and will create havoc against interior offensive linemen. He is quick, explosive, and has great strength and violent hands. He will be a handful for Davis, and they might need to double him. He is a difference maker.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Tauvao had a tremendous offseason, and he is primed to make his mark. He is an elite athlete and a top-tier defensive tackle. He has a good frame and is a player with great explosiveness off the ball; he has quick, violent hands and moves well laterally. He does a good job of getting skinny and shedding blocks and double teams. He is a player with Power-Four upside, and he should have a tremendous season.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Tauvao is a tremendous interior defensive lineman. He is an explosive athlete with a great burst off the line and can win with power or speed. He’s a mismatch nightmare of offensive lineman as he can blend his speed and power to overwhelm his lineman and will force doublr teams, which will free up his fellow EDGE rushers. For a player at 300 lbs, he has a good twitch to him. He projects as a Power Four recruit and a multi-year starter. Exceptional upside.
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Read EvaluationLawrence Sanft | Prep Redzone Scout
Tauvao has shown at the these camps why he’s the top ranked defensive interior in the 2028 class. He shows flexibility to bend at the LOS.Burst to get upfield, use of hands to make quick contact and fluid hips to get around and under the blocks. Tauvao has already received two offers and will continue to receive more soon.
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Read EvaluationLawrence Sanft | Prep Redzone Scout
Tauvao is an upcoming 2028 prospect with a thick physical frame.Shows flexibility to bend at the LOS.Burst to get up field, shows active hands to make quick contact, ability to get push as a power rusher and hips to get around and under the block.Tauvao showed he can compete with offensive line prospect with size and athleticism.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
At the 2025 Power House 5v5 event, Tauvao displayed a quick burst off the line and powerful hands to win. His speed and power won him many contests. His brute strength overwhelmed many of the linemen. He won on the edge and on the interior and was quite impressive. Light on his feet, strong in his physicality, and quick laterally. Huge riser on the day. An immense talent that will be a force on Friday nights.
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Read EvaluationEvent Results
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Stock Up Showcase: Utah
12/20/2025
- 40 Yard Dash #1
- 6.16s
- 40 Yard Dash #2
- -
- Shuttle #1
- 4.97s
- Shuttle #2
- -
- Broad Jump #1
- 7'8"
- Broad Jump #2
- -
- L Drill #1
- 8.19s
- L Drill #2
- -
- Vertical #1
- -
- Vertical #2
- -
- Wingspan
- 77"
- Hand Size
- 9.5"
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Event Results
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Stock Up Showcase: Utah
12/20/2025
- 40 Yard Dash #1
- 6.16s
- 40 Yard Dash #2
- -
- Shuttle #1
- 4.97s
- Shuttle #2
- -
- Broad Jump #1
- 7'8"
- Broad Jump #2
- -
- L Drill #1
- 8.19s
- L Drill #2
- -
- Vertical #1
- -
- Vertical #2
- -
- Wingspan
- 77"
- Hand Size
- 9.5"