2014 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement

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RED RAIDER FOOTBALL

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MEET THE RED RAIDERS

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Linebacker 6-0 • 217 • Junior-1L Houston, Texas/Dallastown, PA

Linebacker 5-11 • 220 • Senior-TR Honolulu, Hawaii/Farrington/Utah

BOBBY ESIABA

2013 Played in seven games (0 starts) with three tackles (two solo)… played primarily on special teams… made one tackle (solo) at No. 12 Oklahoma (10/26)… posted a season-high two tackles (one solo) in first career Big 12 game at Kansas (10/5)… made career debut at SMU (8/30) during the season opener. 2012 Scout team member… did not play. HIGH SCHOOL Played at Dallastown PA High School.

V.J. FEHOKO

2013 AT UTAH Played in 11 games and compiled 20 tackles ... transferred to Texas Tech in the Spring of 2014. 2012 AT UTAH Played in all 12 games and started in six ... 30 tackles with 2.5 TFL and one sack ... season-high seven tackles against Colorado included 1.5 TFL and a sack ... five tackles vs. Washington and Utah State ... four tackles against Arizona included an assisted TFL ... second-team Academic AllPac-12. 2011 AT UTAH Played in eight games, seeing increasing action at linebacker late in the season ... also played on special teams ... four total tackles ... two tackles against Oregon State ... scored a touchdown on a 57-yard fumble return against BYU ... was a member of Utah’s Student-Athlete Mentors (SAMS).

PERSONAL Chinedu Esiaba… born October 30, 1993… Son of Chinkata Esiaba. CAREER HIGHS Tackles: __________________________________________2, at Kansas (2013) Tackles For Loss: _____________________________________________ None Sacks: ___________________________________________________ None Interceptions: _______________________________________________ None Fumbles Recovered: ___________________________________________ None *Indicates most recent high

2010 AT UTAH Redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL U.S. Army, Nike and Under Armour All-American ... ESPN top 150 and Sporting News top 100 ... Wendy’s High School Heisman for Hawaii in 2009 ... Hawaii Athlete of the Year (ISM) ... threetime first-team all-state pick by the Honolulu Advertiser ... also first-team all-conference in 2007, 2008, 2009 ... 30.5 sacks, 86 tackles and 18 TFL as a senior in 2009 ... three-year prep career totals of 62 sacks, 222 tackles and 36 TFL ... U.S. Army Bowl award for “Hardest Hitter in the Nation” ... all-Poly Camp Defensive Award in 2008 and 2009 ... Just Win Camp Defensive MVP from 2007-09 ... named Best Lineman at 2007 and 2008 BYU football camps ... on the honor roll from 20072010 ... won a state foreign language award. PERSONAL Son of Vili and Linda Fehoko ... father is a famous personality in Hawaii (“Vili the Warrior”) ... three brothers ... brother Sam is a former Texas Tech linebacker ... brother Whitley played on the offensive line for San Diego State ... full name is Vili-Andrew Elias Fehoko (pronounced fay-ho-ko) ... born Aug. 5, 1991.

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