Jonah Savaiinaea | |
School: | Arizona Wildcats |
Currentnumber: | 71 |
Currentposition: | Offensive tackle |
Class: | Junior |
Birth Place: | Tafuna, American Samoa |
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Heightft: | 6 |
Heightin: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 336 |
Highschool: | Saint Louis (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
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Espn: | 4819257 |
Jonah M. Savaiinaea is an American football offensive tackle for the Arizona Wildcats.
Savaiinaea was born in Tafuna, American Samoa, and attended the Saint Louis School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Coming out of high school, Savaiinaea was rated as a three star recruit, where he also held offers from schools such as Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Hawaii, Syracuse, San Diego State and UNLV.[1] Ultimately, Savaiinaea decided to commit to play college football for the Arizona Wildcats.[2] [3]
During Savaiinaea's true freshman season in 2022, he would play in and start all 12 games are right guard for the Wildcats.[4] For his performance in the 2022 season, Savaiinaea was named to the FWAA freshman all-American team, and was named a honorable mention all Pac-12 selection.[5] However heading into the 2023 season, Savaiinaea would transition from playing right guard to right tackle.[6] During the season though, Savaiinaea would play both right guard and tackle.[7] Savaiinaea finished the 2023 season, starting all 13 games for Arizona.[8] For his performance in 2023, Savaiinaea was once again named a honorable mention all Pac-12 selection.[9]