Idaho State: (2011): Missed the 2011 season due to a knee injury.

(2010): Played in ten games for the Bengals on the defensive line … compiled 20 tackles on the season with five for a loss … finished the season tied for third on the team with 2.0 sacks … recorded his first career sack for the Bengals against Utah State … had another sack, along with five tackles, in the following game versus Northern Colorado … had a tackle for loss against Portland State and Montana State … finished the season with a three tackle performance against Eastern Washington … Vae’ena has excelled in the classroom since becoming a Bengal, and was inducted into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars … also earned Big Sky All-Academic honors.

2009: Redshirted

High School: Lettered in football and baseball at Oceanside High School ... was named First Team All-North Country, and was also the Defensive Player of the year there as well ... was also a First Team All-CIF pick, and he earned team MVP honors as a senior ... was also Second Team All-State after recording a school record 162 tackles, leading the Pirates to their fifth straight CIF San Diego Section Division II title ... was featured during his senior season on ESPN.com's E-Ticket Outside the Lines ... was a four-time First Team All-Academic pick for the CIF.

Personal: His parents are Nu'utele and Michell ... will major in sociology ... his birthday is March 18, 1991.