Pronunciation: PAH-lah-ee-aye NAH-oh-tay-oh-tay
Ohio State Overview
• Palaie spent two seasons with the Ohio State program and played a total of five years collegiately: 2018-20 with USC and 2021-22 with Ohio State
• Played in eight games for the Buckeyes in 2021 and in 11 in 2022
• Recorded nine tackles in 2021, including one tackle-for-loss and a partial sack
• Also recorded nine tackles in 2022, along with a half-TFL and two fumble recoveries (vs. Toledo and Iowa)
• Also recovered a fumble in 2021 vs. Purdue
• Career stats include 123 tackles, 9.0 TFLs and 2.5 sacks with 105 tackles coming in his three seasons at USC
• Played in a total of 39 games (20 with USC; 19 with Ohio State) and started 14 times at linebacker for the Trojans
More on Palaie
• Transferred to Ohio State from Southern California in June of 2021
• Appeared in 20 games with 14 starts over his three-year USC career.
• Totaled 105 tackles, including 7.5 for loss, and two sacks.
• His best statistical season came as a sophomore in 2019 when he amassed 58 tackles in eight games, including a career high 14 vs. Utah.
• A 2017 Max Preps first team All-American as a senior at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas.
• USA Today All-Nevada Defensive Player of the Year and Polynesian High School Football Player of the Year finalist.
• Is the cousin of senior DT and All-American Haskell Garrett
• His uncle is Ma’a Tanuvasa, a defensive end at Hawaii (1990-92), then with the Denver Broncos (1995-2000), where he won two Super Bowls.
