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2009: It's not a stretch to say that Paea (pie-uh) was one of the top newcomers in college football last year at defensive tackle ... strong player with a rugby backgr...
2009: It's not a stretch to say that Paea (pie-uh) was one of the top newcomers in college football last year at defensive tackle ... strong player with a rugby background from his youth in Tonga ... legitimate postseason honors candidate, including the Outland Trophy ... Ted Miller of ESPN.com ranks him the 24th best player in the Pac-10 ... co-team captain. 2008: Paea made an immediate impact on the Beavers' defense ... Bruce Feldman of ESPN.com picked him as having the eighth best performance in a bowl game for being a "disruptive force" ... one of the strongest players to ever play the position at OSU ...bothered the last month of the season with a bursa sack on his knee, forcing him to miss the start of the season finale ... 41 tackles for the season, including a career-high 6 vs. California and WSU ... 11 TFLs and five sacks -- impressive numbers for a tackle in the OSU system ... College Football News Sophomore Second Team ... Pac-10 Honorable Mention.
SNOW: Helped Snow to an undefeated regular season and national ranking of No. 3 ... redshirted in 2006...graduated with an Associate of Arts Degree early so that he could enroll at OSU ... was a teammate of current Beaver Sioeli Nau.
TIMPVIEW: Played just his senior season, where he was an all-region selection ... Rivals.com three-star athlete ... also participated in the shot put.
PERSONAL: Born on the island chain of Vav'u, within the Tongan Island chain ... son of Peniamin (Ben) and Ana Paea ... has four siblings, including twin brother Will and younger brother Pora who plays at Foothill Community College in California ... three years of experience playing football entering OSU after growing up in Tonga playing rugby, a sport he once aspired to play professionally in New Zealand - still plays in the offseason at OSU ... did not speak English until coming to the States ... moved to the U.S. when he was 16 ... part of his decision to attend OSU was the Polynesian culture that exists on campus ... participated in the "Learning Through Listening: Native American Issues in Rural Oregon Communities during spring break, involving five days of interacting with the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians ... majoring in sociology.
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