THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2025: Phil Steele Third Team All-UAC ... Played in all 12 games with 10 starts as a sophomore ... Ranked seventh on the team with 41 tackles, including 14 solo ... Led the team with 4.0 sacks and ranked second on the team with 8.0 tackles for loss ... Added two hurries and one pass defended ... Had a season-high seven tackles with one for loss at No. 5 Tarleton State (11/15) ... Had six tackles — all solo — against Southern Utah in the season finale, including three tackles for loss and two sacks (11/22) ... Also had six tackles at SEMO (9/5) ... Recorded a stat in every game, including two games where he did not record a tackle ... Had a pass breakup at WKU (8/30) ... Recorded a hurry against West Georgia (11/8).

UNA 2024: UAC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 2) ... Played in 11 games as a true freshman on the defensive line ... Finished with 18 tackles, including 11 solo ... 2.0 tackles for loss for 11 yards ... Had one solo sack ... Two hurries ... One pass breakup ... Won the UAC Freshman of the Week award for a breakout performance against Memphis, totaling three tackles with two solo stops, including an 11-yard sack and 1.5 tackles for loss (Aug. 31) ... Had a season-high four tackles against No. 21 Illinois State in the home opener (Sept. 7) ... Broke up a pass at the line of scrimmage against nationally-ranked Tarleton State (Sept. 21) ... Had two tackles and a QB hurry in his collegiate debut against SEMO in the FCS Kickoff (Aug. 24).

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Enterprise High School in Alabama for Coach Ben Blackmon ... Helped the Wildcats finish 9-3 overall and 6-2 in 7A Region 2 ... Starred at defensive end on a team that allowed just 16.8 PPG in 2023, including eight games with less than 14 points allowed ... Named to the Alabama squad for the 2023 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game.

PERSONAL: Birthday is January 4 ... Also goes by "Freddy" ... Born in Vailoa, American Samoa ... Hometown is Vauloauta, American Samoa ... Came to UNA from Enterprise, Ala. ... Son of Soevale and Faamalu Vili ... Has six siblings ... Majoring in business.