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HISTORY
PROS
MEDIA
REVIEW
BEAMER
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2 0 1 6
Started and played in 14 games ... Totaled 114 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.0
sacks, three INTs, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries ... Recorded
seven tackles against Liberty ... Had 15 stops against Tennessee ... Made eight
tackles against ECU ... Had 12 tackles and one INT at North Carolina ... Had
eight tackles ... Had a pair of tackles against Miami and two pass breakups ...
Made four tackles and forced a fumble at Pittsburgh ... Recorded eight tackles
against Duke ... Had 14 tackles and a sack against Georgia Tech ... Made 11
tackles against Notre Dame ... Had six tackles, an INT and a recovered fumble
against Virginia ... Had four tackles and an INT against Clemson ... Recorded
eight tackles against Arkansas in the Belk Bowl.
2 0 1 5
Started and played in 11 games … Was in on 702 plays, logging 656 as
linebacker and 46 on special teams during the regular season … Recorded
73 tackles with 11.5 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks … Recovered two fumbles,
forcing three … Made four tackles against No. 1 Ohio State … Had four tackles
and an 18-yard interception returned for a touchdown versus Furman … Did not
play at Purdue or East Carolina due to a knee injury … Tallied seven tackles with
1.0 sack, forcing two fumbles against Pittsburgh … Collected two tackles with
a half tackle for loss and half sack versus NC State … Logged 10 tackles with
1.0 tackles for loss and two pass breakups and passes defended each at Miami
… Notched five tackles with one quarterback hurry versus No. 23 Duke …
Posted seven tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack, and recovered
a fumble for 34 yards at Boston College … Had a season-high of 12 tackles,
tying a career high 2.5 tackles for loss at Georgia Tech … Tallied eight tackles
and 2.0 tackles for loss versus No. 12 North Carolina …Collected seven tackles
with 1.0 tackles for loss at Virginia ... Had seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, a
sack, a pass breakup and a pass defended in the Independence Bowl vs. Tulsa.
2 0 1 4
Played in 12 games, making three starts … Logged 418 plays, 325 at linebacker
and 93 on special teams … Tallied 54 tackles on the season, including four TFL
and two sacks … Also had a fumble recovery … Was in on six defensive plays,
assisting on one tackle, in the season opener against William & Mary … Saw
action on special teams against East Carolina and Georgia Tech … Recovered
a fumble on the opening kickoff of the Western Michigan game and returned it
for a touchdown, also adding a tackle and a hurry in the game … Made a tackle
while in on special teams at North Carolina … Had three tackles while seeing
action at linebacker and on special teams against Pitt … Made his first start
against Miami and finished the game with 11 tackles … Led the Hokies with 14
tackles against Boston College … Made ten tackles in the win at Duke … Had
10 tackles, including two sacks, at Wake Forest …Made two tackles while in on
special teams against Virginia … Had a tackle in the bowl game.
2 0 1 3
Was redshirted … Worked on the scout team as a linebacker … Posted a
365-pound bench press, a 380-pound front squat and a 32.5-inch vertical jump
in fall scout team max testing … Suffered a fractured right scapula late in spring
practice that required surgery.
H I GH SCHOOL
Played for Coach Robert Jackson at Salem High … Listed as the No. 20
inside linebacker in the country and the No. 13 prospect in Virginia by Rivals
… Rated the No. 24 prospect in Virginia by The Roanoke Times … Ranked as
the No. 23 player in Virginia in SuperPrep’s preseason issue … Ranked as the
No. 94 outside linebacker in the country and the No. 36 player in his state by
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MOTUAPUAKA
LB
SEASON GP GS SOLO AST TOTAL TFL-YDS NO-YDS INT BU PD QBH RCV FF KICK
2014 12 4 27 27 54 4.0-11 2.0-8 0 0 0 1 1 0
0
2015 11 11 41 32 73 11.5-49 4.0-39 1 3 4 4 2 3
0
2016 14 14 52 62 114 5.5-22 2.0-11 3 4 7 5 2 1
0
Career 37 29 120 121 241 21.0-82 8.0-58 4 7 11 10 5 4
0
FUMBLES
PASS DEFENSE
SACKS
TACKLES
BLOCKED
247Sports … Listed as the No. 24 middle linebacker in the country by Scout
… Ranked as the No. 24 outside linebacker in the country, the No. 48 player
in his region and the No. 15 player in the state by ESPN Recruiting Nation …
Selected to play in the Chesapeake Bowl … A second-team Group AAA all-
state selection by Virginia Preps … A first-team All-Tidewater selection by The
Virginian Pilot as a senior after posting 115 tackles, including 21 tackles for
loss and eight sacks … Also had three interceptions and five forced fumbles
… A first-team All-Eastern Region selection at linebacker … A first-team All-
Beach District selection at linebacker … First-team All-757 … A two-time All-
Tidewater selection … Had 97 tackles and three interceptions his junior year
… Also played basketball and threw the shot put and discus for the track team.
PERSONAL
Andrew Warren Motuapuaka … Born June 29, 1995 in Auckland, New Zealand
… Son of Siaosi and Manu Motuapuaka, who are from Tonga and went to school
in New Zealand … Has a younger brother and younger sister … Family migrated
to the U.S. and his father joined the U.S. Army … Majoring in multimedia
journalism.
SEASON GP GS NO. YDS AVG
TD LONG NO.
YDS AVG TD LONG
2014 12 4 0 0 0.0
0 0 1 11 11.0 1 11
2015 11 11 1 18 18.0
1 18 2 34 17.0 1 34
2016 14 14 3 0 0.0
0 0 2 79 39.5 1 70
Career 37 29 4 18 4.5
1 18 5 124 24.8 3 70
FUMBLE RETURNS
INTERCEPTION RETURNS
2016 ACC LEADERS RETURNING IN 2017
TACKLES PLAYER
TEAM
134
Micah Kizer
Virginia
120
Quin Blanding
Virginia
115
Cole Holcomb
North Carolina
114
Andrew Motuapuaka Virginia Tech
VIRGINIA TECH RECORD BOOK
MOST DEFENSIVE / SPECIAL TEAMS
TOUCHDOWNS, 1987-PRESENT
TDs
PLAYER
SCORES
7
DeAngelo Hall
5 PRs, 1 FR, 1 INT
5
Macho Harris
4 INTs, 1 KOR
4
Andrew Motuapuaka 3 FRs, 1 INT
André Davis
4 PRs
3
Greg Stroman
2 PRs, 1 FR
Five others tied
MOTUAPUAKA’S CAREER TOUCHDOWNS
DATE SCORE
OPPONENT
RESULT
9/27/14 11-yard fumble return Western Michigan W, 35-17
9/12/15 18-yard INT return
Furman
W, 42-3
10/31/15 34-yard fumble return at Boston College W, 26-10
11/26/16 70-yard fumble return Virginia
W, 52-10