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Calvin Tonga
97  Calvin Tonga
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Inglewood, Calif.

High School:
Arlington

Last College:
Arizona Western

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 330

Position:
DL

Experience:
1L

04/06/2013

Rams complete 123-play scrimmage on Saturday

Lovett shines with 7 receptions for 153 yards

04/01/2013

CSU football spring notebook: Practice 5

McElwain sees improvement with junior college transfers

03/25/2013

Rams Football begins Spring practices on Tuesday, March 26

Colorado State takes field for its second spring drills under Jim McElwain

11/10/2012

Football recap: Rams Rout Rebels

Alexander rushes for career-high 139 yards; defense scores two touchdowns

11/05/2012

Football Game Notes: Colorado State vs. UNLV, Saturday Nov. 10

Rams look for back-to-back home wins

02/01/2012

2012 Signing Class Highlights

2012 Signing Class Highlights; 24 players

04/20/2013

2013 Green and Gold Spring Game - 2

Photos from Dan Byers of CSU's spring game played on Saturday, April 20, 2013

04/06/2013

CSU Football Spring Scrimmage

Photos from the Rams first spring scrimmage on Saturday April 6, 2013.

10/06/2012

CSU football vs. Fresno State - 10-6-12

CSU football vs. Fresno State - 10-6-12 (Don Reichert)

10/06/2012

Colorado State vs. Fresno State

Colorado State vs. Fresno State; Oct. 6, 2012

09/29/2012

CSU football at Air Force - 9-29-12

CSU football at Air Force - 9-29-12

2012 (Junior): At 330 pounds, was the biggest defensive lineman in the Mountain West. Tonga finished his first season of Division I football recording 18 tackles and 1.5 sacks.

  • Joined the Rams midway through fall camp.
  • Made his Division I debut vs. in-state rival Colorado (Sept.1) and had one solo stop.
  • Recorded two tackles, including his first career sack, at San Jose State (Sept. 15).
  • Against Utah State (Sept. 22) had three tackles.
  • Registered his first quarterback hurry when he flushed Fresno State's (Oct. 6) Derek Carr out of the pocket and eventually forced him to the throw the ball out-of-bounds.
  • In Colorado State's home victory over Hawai'i (Oct. 27), registered a career-high six tackles and combined with Lanston Tanyi for a sack.

Junior College: Arrives at CSU with two years of eligibility after two seasons at Arizona Western, in Yuma, Ariz., located in the southwestern-most part of the state...Had eight sacks and 16 tackles for loss in two seasons...A two-year starting defensive tackle on the nation's No. 1-ranked junior-college team, helped the Matadors to a berth in the 2011 El Toro Bowl, the national JC championship, where they lost to No. 2 East Mississippi CC to conclude the best season in program history (11-1; No. 3 in final poll)...A second-team all-conference selection in 2011, forced three fumbles and recovered one, with three sacks and nine tackles for loss, among 42 overall stops...Started as a true freshman in 2010 and posted 50 tackles, seven behind the line of scrimmage, including five sacks...Head coach was Tom Minnick...Top JC time in the 40-yard dash was 5.0 seconds...Owned a 385-pound bench press.

High School: Initially signed with Arizona State and former CSU coach Matt Lubick in February of his senior year, but did not play for the Sun Devils...His team's 2009 Defensive Player of the Year as a senior at Arlington High School in Riverside, Calif., earned all-Inland Valley and all-CIF honors on a team that finished second in its conference...A three-year letterman, helped the 10-2 Lions advance to the second round of the 2011 CIF Division 2 playoffs...A nose guard in the Lions' 3-4 defense, also stood out on the offensive line, helping LHS rush for better than 4,000 yards his senior season...Scout.com ranked him as the nation's No. 124 offensive guard...Posted 40 tackles and eight sacks as a senior... As a junior in 2008, earned first-team all-Inland Valley honors as a defensive lineman...Head football coach was Pat McCarthy.

Personal: Given name Calvin Tonga...Last name is pronounced TAWN-gah..Born Dec. 27, 1991, in Inglewood, Calif. ...Parents are Vika and Kalavini Tonga...Has two older sisters...Will major in liberal arts at CSU...Hometown: Inglewood, Calif.

Division I career statistics

TACKLES

SACKS

FUMBLE

Year

School

GP

GS

Solo

Ast

Tot

TFL

Yds

No

Yds

FF

FR

Yds

Int

Yds

PBU

2012

CSU (jr.)

12

3

5

13

18

20

10

1.5

9

1

0

0

0

0

1

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