Career Overview: Has been a key reserve for the offensive line unit over three years at Syracuse ... Has played in 33 collegiate games with two starts ... Has played both center and guard over three seasons and is also on the PAT/Field goal unit.

Sophomore Year (2022): Played in all 13 games with one start ... Played in every game on the PAT/field goal unit, but played crucial offensive line snaps in place of injured players during the final stretch of the season ... Played 123 offensive snaps ... He and the offensive line helped pave the way for Sean Tucker to rush to another 1,000-yard season and become the first player in program history to post back-to-back seasons with 1,000+ rushing yards and 250+ receiving yards ... Part of a unit that saw significant improvements in 2022. Syracuse’s passing efficiency rating upgrade from 108th in the FBS in 2021, to 45th nationally and fourth in the ACC this year. The Orange also improved to eighth in the ACC in total offense (from 10th), seventh in passing offense (from 14th), second in red zone offense (from 13th) and seventh in scoring offense (from 10th) ... Earned his only start of the season vs. Wake Forest (11/19) ... Played the duration of the second half against Boston College (11/26) as the team came back from down two scores to defeat the Eagles.

Freshman Year (2021): Appeared in 11 games with one start ... Made his first collegiate start at guard at NC State (11/20) ... He and the rest of the offensive line paved the way for the fifth-highest rushing total in program history (2,562) and All-American running back Sean Tucker to break the program’s single-season rushing record.

Freshman Year (2020): Appeared in nine games ... Made his collegiate debut against North Carolina (9/12) ... Helped the offensive line that saw significant improvement throughout the season. 36-percent of the total number of sacks Syracuse allowed on the season came in the first-two contests (2.7 per game over final-nine contests) ... Helped pave the way for the first-two 100-yard rushers that Notre Dame allowed in the 2020 season, when Cooper Lutz (112) and Sean Tucker (101) both crossed the century mark against the Fighting Irish (12/5) ... Was on a PAT/Field goal unit that made 32-of-35 total kicks, including 9-of-11 on field goal attempts.

High School: Two-way tackle for head coach Michael Palmieri … Rated the No. 45 player in North Carolina by ESPN … No. 61 player in the state, according to the 247Sports.com composite … PrepStar All-Atlantic Region honoree … Selected to play in the 2020 Polynesian All-American Bowl … Winner of four I-MECK 4A Conference championships … As a senior, paved the way for a Mallard Creek offense that averaged 37.4 points and 406.6 total yards per game, while collecting eight tackles on defense … The Mavericks captured the 2019 I-MECK 4A league championship and finished No. 3 in the state with a 10-1-1 overall record … As a junior, started both ways for a Mallard Creek squad that was 10-1 … Attended the VTO Sports Elite 100 Showcase following his sophomore season … Team captain … Also played basketball and was a member of the Mallard Creek track & field team.

Personal: Joshua Soara Ilaoa … Born on October 30, 2001 in Seattle, Washington … Son of Ruby Laufau … Related to Nate Ilaoa, who played running back at Hawaii from 2001-06 and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft … Majoring in psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Josh Ilaoa