- Name
- Palaie Gaoteote
- Nationality
United States- Position
- ILB
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 248
- Hometown
- Las Vegas, NV
- High School
- Bishop Gorman
- Transferred From
- USC
- Past Teams
- Ohio State, USC
- Seasons
- 2021
Weight: 248 (2021)
2021 Media Guide: Transferred to Ohio State from Southern California in June of 2021 … has two years of eligibility remaining.
USC: Appeared in 20 games with 14 starts over his three-year USC career … totaled 105 tackles, including 7.5 for loss, and two sacks … his best statistical season came as a sophomore in 2019 when he amassed
58 tackles in eight games, including a career high 14 vs. Utah.
High School: A 2017 Max Preps first team All-American as a senior at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas … USA Today All-Nevada Defensive Player of the Year and Polynesian High School Football Player of the Year finalist.
Personal: Is the cousin of senior DT and All-American Haskell Garrett … his uncle is Ma’a Tanuvasa, a defensive end at Hawaii (1990-92), then with the Denver Broncos (1995-2000), where he won two Super Bowls.
Defensive Stats
| Season | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Asst | TFL | TFL Yds | Sacks | Sack Yds | FF | FR | Int | Int Yds | PBU | Blk | Def TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ohio State | 8 | NA | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | - | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |