Ohio State Buckeyes vast receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (11) runs for a achieve towards Utah Utes cornerback Malone Mataele (15) through the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
Utah defensive again Malone Mataele is placing his identify within the NCAA switch portal, he introduced on Twitter on Monday night time.
formally within the portal.. @Rivals@247Sports@adamgorney
— Malone Mataele (@thetonganterror) November 22, 2022
He additionally thanked Utah soccer in a tweet.
The 5-foot-11, 184-pound junior has been at Utah since 2018, taking part in in 35 video games and totaling 43 tackles and an interception.
This season, Mataele has appeared in eight video games, beginning 4 video games, primarily within the nickel again place in Utah’s protection. He has six tackles this 12 months.