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Big Bro setting the tone!! 😤🤟🏽 #TMP
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First 4 Week Highlights!
Not a bad start, have to finish Stronger!
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CADE ULUAVE NAMED TO LOMBARDI AWARD WATCHLIST
HOUSTON — BYU linebacker Cade Uluave was today named a candidate for the 2026 Lombardi Award, presented annually by the Rotary Club of Houston to the nation's premier linebacker or lineman.
The 2026 preseason watchlist features 54 of the best talent from FBS teams and is selected based on past performances and potential for the upcoming season.
A 6-foot-1, 235-pound senior from South Jordan, Utah, Uluave is in his first year at BYU after transferring from Cal. Uluave, a 2025 All-ACC First-Team linebacker, played in 34 games for the Bears over three seasons, starting 26. He led Cal with 100 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and five quarterback hurries in 2025 while amassing 237 career tackles, 21.5 TFL, six sacks, three interceptions and two forced fumbles in three seasons at Cal.
In addition to earning first-team all-conference honors in 2025, Uluave received All-ACC honorable mention in 2024 and was a first-team Freshman All-American selection by The Athletic, FWAA and College Football News in 2023. He was also named the Pac-12 Defensive Freshman of the Year, Super West Sports Defensive Freshman of the Year and a Phil Steele All-Pac-12 Third Team honoree.
In May 2026, Uluave was selected as a candidate for the Lott IMPACT Trophy and was later named preseason All-America by Phil Steele and Athlon Sports. He has also been named Preseason All-Big 12 by the conference, Phil Steele and Athlon Sports.
Uluave prepped at Mountain Ridge High School in Herriman, Utah, where he was a two-way player. On defense, he registered 154 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, five sacks, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries, returning one for a touchdown. On offense, he rushed for 1,638 yards and 26 touchdowns on 290 carries and had 20 catches for 164 yards and one touchdown. He also participated in baseball as well as track and field and earned the Utah Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete Award during his 2021-22 junior academic year.
The Lombardi Award was established in 1970 by the Rotary Club of Houston in memory of legendary coach Vince Lombardi. It is presented to outstanding lineman or linebacker who best epitomize his values of leadership, courage, performance, and discipline on and off the field. Furthermore, the watchlist includes players who are consistently showing the values of strength, agility, and football acumen in their respective positions.
The 2026 Lombardi Award dinner is scheduled for Dec. 9, with net proceeds from gala sponsorships, table sales and surrounding events dedicated to supporting cancer research.
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Daniel Taumoepeau retweeted
Got the chance to be one of the greatest because of this TEAM! My dawg Tre gon do the same! 🤞🏽 @BYUfootball @therriannn
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📈🤞🏽!!
He had it settled. Committed. Signed. Headed to Stanford for the degree as much as the game.
Then, that March, the whole coaching staff that recruited him was fired over allegations of mistreatment. The letter he'd signed was suddenly worth nothing.
He spent four or five months deciding what he actually wanted from his life.
He is one of nine kids.
He chose to come home. Not the biggest name in college football. The program in his own state.
"It was the family aspect for me," he said. "Football comes and goes, education comes and goes. They love me. I could feel it."
Between his senior year and his first fall camp, he added thirty pounds for a level of football he had never played.
Then he got hurt in that same fall camp.
He called it a blessing. Eight weeks on the shelf let him get comfortable carrying the new weight before he ever took a college snap.
His debut came in a literal storm. Hurricane remnants, a 70-minute weather delay, his team down ten points in the fourth quarter at Arizona.
A true freshman fresh off an injury, he got in for a handful of snaps and forced a pressure that helped send the game to overtime. BYU needed two extra periods to escape with a win.
A month later came his first career sack. Fourth down. It ended a 44-13 rout of TCU.
He finished his true freshman season with a higher pass-rush win rate than the team's best linebacker.
Then, in the biggest game of the year, the starter went down. He got his first career start.
Six pressures, a team high. He forced a fumble with his foot.
Fourth and ten. Eighteen yards from a Georgia Tech lead. Fourteen seconds on the clock.
He came around the edge, beat the tackle, and forced the quarterback to throw before he was ready. A teammate picked it off. Game over.
He finished that night as his team's leading tackler.
That offseason, his defensive coordinator left for another program, and half the roster had a decision to make.
He was one of the first to say he wasn't going anywhere.
"I knew where I wanted to stay," he said. "Cougs for life."
Nusi Taumoepeau.
Now you see the whole picture.
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Trusting in your teamates will take you a long way…
@nusgotdajuice speaks about what it took to win the Pop-Tart Bowl 🏆
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Great Tournament with my Westlake Brothers!! ⚡️🤟🏽
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Next couple post will be about the @WestlakeFootbal QB room. Young group but they are going to turn heads. This is @KutufoloT 28’
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Congratulations to Cooper Cowan for earning the Male Weight Room Warrior Award at the 2026 BIRDYS 🏆
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Great experience @BYUfootball spring practice! Blessed and Grateful to see my brothers do they thang! 🤞🏽
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Freshman Tape!! 🎥 Fresh cut. Please let me know what y’all think, all feedback is welcome! #ROLLTHUNDER @CoachAAle @SKekuaokalani @WestlakeFootbal
My story is still being written - GO COUGS!! 🤙🏽@BYUfootball
Daniel Taumoepeau sits down with Tre Alexander III on the 1 on 1 Podcast — transfer journey, brotherhood, missions, faith, and the relentless BYU grind. Honest talk on mentorship, mental toughness, and game-day vibes. #BYU #CougNation youtube.com/watch?v=WToAZJDP…
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Freshman Tape!!🎥
First year of High School Ball has been a Blessing! Thank you Westlake Family, this is only the start... All Glory To God!!🙏🏽
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Sat out of the first 4 games due to transfer but I’m back and ready.Blessed to be on one of the best Capuchino teams in school history.
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Playoffs for my young bulls tomorrow! Been a pleasure to be apart of all their journeys. Let’s get it‼️ #RollThunder @CoachAAle
