Fresno State Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Roster
Tainoa Foster
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Honolulu, Hawai'i
- High School:
- Kamehameha HS
Last updated on March 8, 2019
2018 (Sophomore): Did not participate in any games.
2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Before suffering a season-ending injury, appeared in three games in his second season with the program … compiled all his statistics in the season-opening win over Incarnate Word on Sept. 2, finishing with two tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and a pass breakup.
2016 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Honolulu Star-Advertiser first-team All-State selection ... also a first-team All-ILH selection ... team captain and received the team's defensive MVP award playing under coach James McClure ... Polynesian All-American Bowl & Life Champion Senior Bowl invitee ... was also selected to play in the Junior Prep Sports Paradise Football Classic at Aloha Stadium on Jan. 8, 2016 ... recorded 63 tackles, six sacks, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and one interception as a senior ... ranked as the No. 16 overall recruit out of the state of Hawai`i ... forced and recovered three fumbles as a junior and scored one defensive touchdown that year ... was named to the Manti Te'O Award Defensive Player of the Year Watch List by KHON Cover2 entering his senior season.
Personal: Son of Tani Foster Jr., and Rosalee Kane … favorite athlete is Luke Kuechly ... biggest athletic thrill is making fourth-and-one stops … major at Fresno State is criminology-law enforcement.
Pronunciation: Tie-Noah
