Career: He played in 29 games, recording 33 tackles, four sacks, four quarterback hurries, a blocked field goal and a pass broken up.
2022: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Paleso’o played in nine games for the Eagles, making three starts. He tallied 10 tackles, including four for loss, and two sacks. Both of his sacks game against Montana State (9/24/22), a game in which he also tied a career-high with four tackles.
2021: Paleso’o appeared in 11 games for the Eagles, producing 23 tackles and two sacks. His two sacks came in the first two weeks of the season, making one against both UNLV (9/2/21) and Central Washington (9/11/21). He blocked a field goal attempt by Montana on 10/2/21. Paleso’o set a season-high with three tackles against Montana State on 11/6/21. In the first round of the FCS Playoffs against Northern Iowa (11/27/21), he had three quarterback hurries and a tackle for loss.
2020-21: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Played in all seven Eastern games, finishing with 12 total tackles. He had four of them against Cal Poly (3/27/21) and also had a pair in three other games.
2019: Redshirted, but played in two games in accordance with a new NCAA rule that allows student-athletes to play in up to four games and still redshirt. He made his Eagle debut Northern Arizona (11/2/19) when he saw action in nine snaps, and also played versus Idaho State (11/9/19). Paleso’o had a tackle in each game. He was defensive scout team player of the week once, and earned the same honor once on special teams.
HS: Graduated in 2019 from Fife HS. Was a three-star recruit by 247Sports. Was sidelined for the 2018 as his school finished 11-2, won the 2A South Puget Sound League Mountain Division title and advanced to the semifinals of the State 2A Playoffs. As a junior, he was the 2A SPSL Mountain Division Defensive Lineman of the Year. He helped lead his team to a 9-2 record, the first round of the 2A Playoffs and the SPSL Mountain Division title with a perfect 7-0 mark. In his sophomore year he earned first team All-SPSL honors as Fife finished 7-3 and advanced to the 2A Playoffs. Played for Kent Nevin at Fife. Also competed in track and field in high school. As a junior he advanced to the State 2A Championships in the shot put and placed 14th with a personal best of 46-5 3/4.
Personal: Criminal justice major at Eastern and had a 3.30 grade point average through spring quarter of 2022. Born 1/24/01 in America Samoa. His parents are Sorrow and Susana Valoaga. Is a first generation college student from his family. Name is pronounced “sole-ee” “paul-a-so-oh.”
| Year |
GP |
TT |
Hi |
S |
TL-Yds |
FF-FR |
PBU |
I-Yds |
| 2019 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2020-21 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
2-2 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2021 |
11 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
3-14 |
0-0 |
1 |
0-0 |
| 2022 |
9 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
4-17 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| Totals |
29 |
33 |
4 |
4 |
9-33 |
0-0 |
1 |
0-0 |
QB Hurries: 2021/4.
