April 27, 2009

DAVIS, Calif. - Former UC Davis defensive tackle John Faletoese has agreed to a free-agent contract with the Buffalo Bills while offensive guard Jonathan Compas has done the same with the Oakland Raiders, it was announced on Monday.

Both players earned All-America and All-Great West Conference honors for the Aggies during the 2008 season while also serving as team captains.

Faletoese, from Jesuit High School in nearby Carmichael, enjoyed a stellar career at UC Davis which included 2008 All-America honors from the Associated Press. the Sports Network and the Walter Camp Foundation. He was the GWC Defensive Player of the Year after earning all-conference first-team honors for the third time and was a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award as the top defensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Faletoese, who also participated in the East-West Shrine Football Game, had 122 career tackles, including 36.5 tackles for losses, the most in the program since 2001. Included were 15.5 career sacks. He also blocked nine kicks.

Like Faletoese, Compas earned a trio of All-Conference first-team accolades while adding All-Amercica awards from the Associated Press and the Sports Network. Compas, who was also a three-time Academic All-Conference honoree and was named last week to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society, was a mainstay on the line for the Aggies, starting all 40 games he played including his final 34.

In addition to his postseason awards, Compas was a preseason All-America in 2008. The standout Aggie is from Carlsbad in Southern California.