Friday, January 21, 2011

42. Ailao Eliapo – San Jose State

Ailao Eliapo – 73 San Jose State 6-2 320

2010: Played in 11 games. Missed 1 games with a sprained ankle. Selected All-WAC Second Team for the 2010 college football season
2009: Played in nine games. Was a starter the first five and was a reserve the last four games of the season. Highlight of the season was facing his older brother, starting defensive tackle Kenape Eliapo, head-to-head when San Jose State hosted Utah (9/12). More than 100 family members attended the Spartans’ home opener to see the Eliapo brothers play against each other.
2008: Started all 12 games of the season at right guard. Was the only San Jose State offensive lineman to start in every game.
2007: Eliapo was a defensive tackle who moved to the offensive side of the ball midway through the 2007 season. Actually played defensive tackle and running back in the Fresno State game (10/20). Was credited with six tackles for the season. Five of them came in the UC Davis victory (9/29). Also was credited with an assisted tackle at Stanford (9/15).
High School: Graduate of South San Francisco (Calif.) High (Coach Frank Moro). A 2005 CalHi Sports first-team all-state and first-team All-Central Coast Section defensive lineman. Two-time league ‘Offensive Lineman of the Year’. Also lettered in track and field. A sociology major. Older brother, Kenape Eliapo, Jr., was a defensive tackle for the 2006 through 2009 University of Utah football teams. The native of Burlingame, Calif., was born on December 13, 1988. Name is pronounced EYE-lau E-lee-AH-poe
Better in the: Passing game.

No comments: