His father, David, died of an aneurysm when Te'o-Nesheim was attending Heatherwood Middle School.

[1] Te'o-Nesheim relocated back to American Samoa at age 12 before going on to attend boarding school in Hawaii.

[2] Te'o-Nesheim was a three-time first-team all-league selection as two-way lineman during his high school years at Hawaii Preparatory Academy.

[9] Te'o-Nesheim was hindered by a shoulder injury throughout his rookie season,[10] only playing in six games (starting in the season-finale against Dallas after the Eagles clinched a playoff berth) and recording two tackles and one sack.

After spending most of the 2011 season on the Eagles' practice squad, Te'o-Nesheim was signed off it by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 22.

[13][14] He died after a night of drinking at a friend's house, with a mixture of pills and alcohol in his system, the local medical examiner told The Seattle Times.

[15] Te'o-Nesheim's family donated his brain to the Boston University School of Medicine, where doctors determined that he had been suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.