Elu Aydon

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-3
Weight:
377
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Leone, American Samoa
High School:
Leone HS

PRONOUNCED EL-LOU A-DEN

CAREER
• Played in 45 career games, making 18 starts
• Tallied 104 tackles, including 50 solo, with 10 tackles for loss. Also had three blocked kicks

2019 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
• Played in all 12 games, making 10 starts. Picked up 30 tackles, 17 solo, with three tackles for loss. Also credited with three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup. Blocked a field goal attempt at Washington State
• Earned a season-best six tackles in the win at California. Credited with 1.5 tackles for loss and one QB hurry at Cal
• Had three games of four tackles; versus Cal Poly, at UCLA and in the season finale at Oregon
• Opened the season with three tackles, including one for loss, versus Oklahoma State

2018 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in 11 games, totaling 37 tackles with 4.5 for a loss and half a sack. Added a blocked kick against Colorado
• Posted a season-best eight tackles in the season finale versus Oregon
• Totaled 1.5 tackles for loss against Washington
• Finished with five tackles, including half for a loss, with the blocked kick at Colorado
• Picked up half a sack at Nevada

2017 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in 10 games, making two starts
• Totaled 16 tackles, including eight solo, with half a tackle for loss
• Recorded a season-best four tackles in the win over Portland State

2016 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
• Played in all 12 games making four starts at nose tackle
• Finished the season with 21 tackles from the middle of the interior line
• Set his season-high with four tackles against Boise State and matched it at Colorado and at Washington
• Recorded the first sack of his career in the Civil War win over Oregon
• Blocked a first quarter PAT at Colorado
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team by Athlon

2015 (FRESHMAN)
• Signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at Oregon State in February
• Did not play in a game, using his redshirt season
• Played at defensive tackle for the scout team
• Coaching staff considered adding him to the active roster 2015
• Won the “Other Side” talent show as a singer in the spring

LEONE HIGH SCHOOL
• Three-star athlete by 247Sports and Scout
• 247Sports ranked him No. 66 nationally on its defensive tackles list
• Three-year letterman, two-year varsity captain
• Attended the All-Poly Camp in Utah during the summer of 2014
• Invited to play in the Polynesian All-America Bowl
• Played in the Samoa Bowl
• Named Male Athlete of the Year at Leone

PERSONAL
• Born Emmanuel Aydon in Honolulu, Hawai’i
• Son of James and Faau Aydon
• Has one sister, Mary
• Enjoys singing and playing basketball
• Received the leadership award in high school
• Lists J.J. Watt as his favorite athlete
• A part of the Poly Notes, an acapella group, with Miki Fifita, Alexander Skelton and Gus Lavaka
• Assisted as a volunteer with kids’ wrestling and football camps in Pendleton
• Wants to be the governor of Samoa someday and is pursuing an internship in Samoa
• Has graduated with a degree in sociology