Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2010New Mexico State
Ronald Opetaia
RB • 5'9" • American Samoa, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ronald Opetaia leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
31
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
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- Committed To
- New Mexico State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2007
Ronald Opetaia, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Ronald Opetaia leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 134
- Rushing yards
- 85
- Receiving yards
- 49
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Ronald Opetaia quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 134
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · LBJ · New Mexico State
- High school pipeline
- LBJ · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Class 2010
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 8 | 105 | 85 | 20 | 2 | 47.3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 4 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 27.6 |
| 2010 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Ronald Opetaia played RB for New Mexico State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ronald Opetaia recorded 85 rushing yards, 49 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
New Mexico State paired 105 primary output with 33.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 33.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
13.1
Efficiency
33.1
Usage
5.4
Consistency
40.8
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 39. New Mexico: 0. Alcorn State: 19. Nevada: 16. Idaho: 1. Boise State: 2. Louisiana Tech: 25. Utah State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 7 by 58. New Mexico: 1 by 0. Alcorn State: 3 by 66. Nevada: 5 by 33.3. Idaho: 2 by 5.2. Boise State: 1 by 20.8. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 66. Utah State: 2 by 15.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins17.5 · Games = 2 · +5.8 vs Losses
Losses11.7 · Games = 6 · -5.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
66 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Utah State | L 2-47 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 31-35 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8.3 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Boise State | L 0-49 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Idaho | L 14-20 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | — | — | 0.5 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Nevada | W 48-45 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | — | — | 3.2 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Alcorn State | W 45-10 | 3 | 19 | 6.30 | 1 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Sun 9/28 | vs New Mexico | L 24-35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Nebraska | L 7-38 | 7 | 39 | 5.60 | 0 | — | — | 5.6 |
Career Arc
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New Mexico State
2008-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 105 | 33.1 | 5.4 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 29 | 39.6 | 2.1 | -76 |
| 2010 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | -29 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Nebraska
Week 3 · L 7-38
Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
39
Scrimmage Yards
65.7 takeover
39 scrimmage yards and 13.7 usage.
#2
vs Idaho
Week 1 · L 6-21 · Conference game
20
Scrimmage Yards
64.5 takeover
Loss with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
20 scrimmage yards and 3.6 usage.
#3
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 13 · L 31-35 · Conference game
25
Scrimmage Yards
47.5 takeover
Loss with 25 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
25 scrimmage yards and 4.3 usage.
#4
vs Alcorn State
Week 6 · W 45-10
19
Scrimmage Yards
43.1 takeover
Win with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
19 scrimmage yards and 5.1 usage.
#5
@ San Diego State
Week 5 · L 17-34
9
Scrimmage Yards
41.5 takeover
Loss with 9 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
9 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State
105 primary output · 33.1 efficiency · 5.4 usage
47.3
#2
2009 Regular Season · New Mexico State
27.6
29 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 2.1 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · New Mexico State
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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