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Former Texas EDGE Tausili Akana commits to BYU

IMG_6598by:Nick Kosko•12/23/24•

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Tausili Akana (courtesy of Akana)

Former Texas EDGE Tausili Akana committed to BYU out of the NCAA transfer portal, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett.

The Hawaii native appeared in seven games in 2024. He recorded one tackle on the season, which came against UTSA.

As a member of the Class of 2023, Akana was a four-star recruit out of Kahuku (Hawaii) Skyridge (Utah), according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He was the No. 2 overall prospect in Utah, the No. 12 linebacker in the class and the No. 131 overall prospect in the class.

Prior to coming to Texas, Akana was an All-American who was chosen to participate in the 2023 All-American Bowl. He finished his senior season of high school with 70 tackles, 14.5 sacks, 21 tackles for loss, 22 pressures and one forced fumble.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.

Tausili Akana leaves Texas for BYU

With Akana out of the picture, he’ll transition to his new home at BYU. Meanwhile, Texas just beat Clemson in the first round of the College Football Playoff.

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Now, the Longhorns will take on Arizona State in the quarterfinals.

Defeating Clemson 38-24 in the first round of the first ever 12-team playoff format, Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian looked back on the loss to the Huskies and how it’s been used to motivate his group ever since.

“We don’t forget,” Sarkisian said postgame. “I think that’s the first thing. I think we’ve got a group of guys that were here with us a year ago that didn’t forget that feeling in New Orleans last year.

“To get as close as we were and not to have that opportunity to get into that game I think really fueled us, quite frankly, in the off-season, in winter conditioning, in spring ball, in those summer workouts when we’re running in DKR at 4:00 in the afternoon and it’s 115 degrees and why we put in the work that we put in. We’re far from that. We’ve got a couple more games to go to get there. But it sure serves as great motivation, when you can get close as we were.”