We are down to 8 weeks until kickoff! 56 days until we see DeShaun Foster and the UCLA Bruins for the first time! We hope you have had a great 4th of July. Today, we celebrate our Bruins #56 – Tavake Tuikolovatu!
The 6’6, 295, redshirt freshman comes to UCLA from Wailuku Hawaii. He then moved to Fontana California where he played at Summit High School. After enrolling in June of 2023 he played one game against North Carolina Central. He then redshirted the rest of last season.
He came to UCLA as a three-star offensive tackle. It has not been announced what the depth chart will look like at right tackle for Coach Foster, but he is going to be battling for position with Garrett DiGiorgio and Jaylan Jeffers.
It all starts up front!
Welcome to Westwood @TavakeJr!#GoBruins | #NSD23 pic.twitter.com/zXzlomq1pW
— UCLA Football (@UCLAFootball) December 21, 2022
When the Bruins start the season in Hawaii, it will be a return to his home state. The first Big Ten game on the 2024 calendar is Thursday August 29th as Howard is at Rutgers.