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| Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | April 29, 1986 American Samoa | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Palmer (AK) | ||||||||
| College: | Minnesota State | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2010 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
| Career IFL statistics as of 2012 | |||||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · ArenaFan.com | |||||||||
Junior Aumavae (born April 29, 1986) is a former American football nose tackle. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Western Washington until he transferred to Minnesota State for his senior season.
He attended Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska. In 2003, he was a recipient of the Alaska State lineman of the year award in senior year and runner up his junior year at palmer high school.[1]
In his freshman season, he was selected to the First-team Great Northwestern Athletic Conference team.[1] In his sophomore season, he was an All-North Central Conference Honorable Mention.[1] He was a Two-time Western Washington University Defensive Player of the Week in his junior season.[1]
He transferred to Minnesota State from Western Washington prior to his senior season after learning the news that Western Washington opted to cancel its football program.[2] He was selected to the First-team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference South[1][2] and was named All- Region Team Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Newcomer of the Year in his senior season.[3]
On April 25, 2010 he signed with the Dallas Cowboys as undrafted free agent.[4] On July 20, 2010, he was released during Training camp.[5]
On June 1, 2011, he signed with the Fairbanks Grizzlies of the Indoor Football League.[1]
On November 8, 2011, he signed with the Green Bay Blizzard of the Indoor Football League for the 2012 IFL season.[2]
On February 5, 2013, he signed with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League.[6]
On March 1, 2013, he signed with the New York Jets.[7] He was released on August 31, 2013.[8] He was signed to the team's practice squad on September 3, 2013.[9] He was released on October 9, 2013.[10]
Upon his release from the Jets, Aumavae returned to the Storms active roster.
On January 30, 2015, Aumavae was assigned to the Las Vegas Outlaws.