2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 52
Dallas Afalava
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 291
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Seattle, WA
- High School:
- Rainier Beach
Career Accolades
Prior to Wake Forest
2024 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 14 games during the 2024 season for the Vandals…Recorded 30 tackles with 15 solo tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, and four sacks, as well as one pass defense and a fumble recovery…Recorded three tackles with one sack against Oregon…Notched four tackles with two solo tackles and 1.5 sacks in the victory over UAlbany…Recorded 1.5 sacks as part of a three tackle game against Portland State.
2023 (Freshman)
Appeared in 11 games during the 2023 season for the Vandals…Recorded 25 tackles with 15 solo efforts and a team-high eight tackles-for-loss…Ranked second on the Vandal defense with five sacks as a freshman…Recorded his first career sack against Sacramento State…Totaled a sack in back-to-back games against Montana and Montana State, recording four solo tackles with three tackles-for-loss, including two sacks, during the two games…Notched three tackles with two solo tackles, two tackles-for-loss, and a sack against Southern Illinois…Recorded a career-high five tackles with three solo efforts and a sack in the season finale against UAlbany.
High School
Played for Rainier Beach…Helped build Rainier Beach into a championship contender in one of the toughest leagues in Washington…Earned First-Team All-League honors twice as a defensive tackle during his time with Rainier Beach…Also named First-Team All-League once as an offensive lineman.
Personal
Son of June and Jake Afalava…Born on December 24, 2004.
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Prior to Wake Forest
2024 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 14 games during the 2024 season for the Vandals…Recorded 30 tackles with 15 solo tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, and four sacks, as well as one pass defense and a fumble recovery…Recorded three tackles with one sack against Oregon…Notched four tackles with two solo tackles and 1.5 sacks in the victory over UAlbany…Recorded 1.5 sacks as part of a three tackle game against Portland State.
2023 (Freshman)
Appeared in 11 games during the 2023 season for the Vandals…Recorded 25 tackles with 15 solo efforts and a team-high eight tackles-for-loss…Ranked second on the Vandal defense with five sacks as a freshman…Recorded his first career sack against Sacramento State…Totaled a sack in back-to-back games against Montana and Montana State, recording four solo tackles with three tackles-for-loss, including two sacks, during the two games…Notched three tackles with two solo tackles, two tackles-for-loss, and a sack against Southern Illinois…Recorded a career-high five tackles with three solo efforts and a sack in the season finale against UAlbany.
High School
Played for Rainier Beach…Helped build Rainier Beach into a championship contender in one of the toughest leagues in Washington…Earned First-Team All-League honors twice as a defensive tackle during his time with Rainier Beach…Also named First-Team All-League once as an offensive lineman.
Personal
Son of June and Jake Afalava…Born on December 24, 2004.
Football Media Availability (11/4/25)
Tuesday, November 04
Wake Forest Men's Basketball Highlights vs American (Nov. 3, 2025)
Tuesday, November 04
Wake Forest Women's Basketball Highlights vs Radford (Nov. 3, 2025)
Tuesday, November 04
Wake Forest Head Football Coach Jake Dickert Weekly Press Conference (11/3/25)
Monday, November 03
