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Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-5
Weight:
265
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Asheville, N.C.
High School:
Asheville
Prev School:
Yale

2024 (At Yale)
Appeared and started in all 10 games as Yale went 7-3 during his senior season ... earned All-Ivy Second Team honors ... finished season with 27 tackles and a team-high 6.5 sacks ... recorded a sack in five-straight games ... had 2.5 sacks against Princeton ... forced fumbles against Penn and Brown ... completed career at Yale playing in 28 games and recording 49 tackles, 9.5 sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss.

2023 (At Yale)
Played in nine games and made five starts as a key contributor on the defensive line ... tallied 12 tackles, including 2.0 for a loss ... had three tackles against Cornell.

2022 (At Yale)
Saw action in nine games with one start and finished with 10 tackles ... first career sack came against Penn ... finished with two tackles in the Ivy League championship clinching victory at Harvard.

2021 (At Yale)
Squad member.

High School
Played on the offensive and defensive line at Asheville High School ... also competed in track and field as a thrower and in the 110-meter hurdles ... registered 41 tackles, 4.0 sacks, 14.0 TFL and 36 quarterback hurries.

Personal
Full name is Tamatoamanaia McDonough ... goes by Tama for short ... older brother Eku Leota played college football at Northwestern and Auburn and is currently a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers ... earned a degree in political science from Yale.