Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022BYU
Lopini Katoa
RB • 6'1" • 210 lbs • American Fork, UT, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Lopini Katoa leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Player Story
Lopini Katoa built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a running back from American Fork, UT wearing No. 4, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Lopini Katoa's career was his backfield work: 1,804...
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- Committed To
- Oregon State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Lopini Katoa, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · BYU. Lopini Katoa leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,603
- Rushing yards
- 1,804
- Receiving yards
- 799
- Touchdowns
- 27
Quick Answers
Lopini Katoa quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,603
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 56 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · BYU
- Top game
- San Diego State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · American Fork · Oregon State
- High school pipeline
- American Fork · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 413 scrimmage yards · RB 233rd (top 34%) · FBS Independents 26th (top 18%) · National 592nd (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 11 | 538 | 427 | 111 | 9 | 54.9 |
| 2019 Postseason | BYU | 12 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 60 |
| 2019 Regular Season | BYU | 12 | 588 | 307 | 281 | 4 | 60 |
| 2020 Postseason | BYU | 11 | 111 | 21 | 90 | 0 | 64 |
| 2020 Regular Season | BYU | 11 | 625 | 423 | 202 | 8 | 64 |
| 2021 Regular Season | BYU | 12 | 270 | 242 | 28 | 3 | 43.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | BYU | 10 | 413 | 333 | 80 | 2 | 49.8 |
Related Context
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Lopini Katoa played RB for BYU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Lopini Katoa recorded 1,804 rushing yards, 799 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with BYU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
BYU paired 736 primary output with 55.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Win with 155 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · BYU
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
48.9
Efficiency
49.6
Usage
16
Consistency
51.2
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 50. California: 26. Wisconsin: 8. McNeese: 64. Washington: 93. Utah State: 45. Hawai'i: 83. Northern Illinois: 1. Boise State: 8. Massachusetts: 5. New Mexico State: 155
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 10 by 51.3. California: 4 by 77.1. Wisconsin: 4 by 29.2. McNeese: 10 by 66.7. Washington: 15 by 46.9. Utah State: 14 by 32.1. Hawai'i: 16 by 54. Northern Illinois: 1 by 10.4. Boise State: 1 by 83.3. Massachusetts: 2 by 10.4. New Mexico State: 19 by 84
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins60.8 · Games = 6 · +26.2 vs Losses
Losses34.6 · Games = 5 · -26.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico State
Best efficiency game
84 vs New Mexico State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/18 | vs New Mexico State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 45-10 | 19 | 155 | 8.20 | 4 | — | — | 8.2 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Massachusetts | W 35-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Sun 11/4 | @ Boise State | L 16-21 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Northern Illinois | L 6-7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sun 10/14 | vs Hawai'i | W 49-23 | 16 | 83 | 5.20 | 1 | — | — | 5.2 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Utah State | L 20-45 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 3.2 |
| Sun 9/30 | @ Washington | L 7-35 | 8 | 27 | 3.40 | 1 | 7 | 66 | 6.2 |
| Sat 9/22 | vs McNeese2+ TD | W 30-3 | 10 | 64 | 6.40 | 2 | — | — | 6.4 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Wisconsin | W 24-21 | 3 | 10 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| Sun 9/9 | vs California | L 18-21 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6.5 |
| Sun 9/2 | @ Arizona | W 28-23 | 8 | 39 | 4.90 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
Player Story
Lopini Katoa story
Lopini Katoa built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a running back from American Fork, UT wearing No. 4, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Lopini Katoa's career was his backfield work: 1,804 rushing yards, 382 carries, 21 rushing touchdowns, and 799 receiving yards across 56 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with BYU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 799 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 305 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 56 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across BYU.
The arc is straightforward: Lopini Katoa moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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BYU
2018-2022
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Season Value Progression
2018201920192020202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 538 | 49.6 | 16 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | BYU | 646 | 46.5 | 15.5 | 108 |
| 2019 Regular Season | BYU | 646 | 46.5 | 15.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | BYU | 736 | 55.8 | 16.5 | 90 |
| 2020 Regular Season | BYU | 736 | 55.8 | 16.5 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | BYU | 270 | 39.2 | 10.2 | -466 |
| 2022 Regular Season | BYU | 413 | 48.4 | 15.5 | 143 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San Diego State
Week 15 · W 28-14
Win with 136 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
136
Scrimmage Yards
90.6 takeover
136 scrimmage yards and 39.1 usage.
#2
vs New Mexico State
Week 12 · W 45-10 · Conference game
155
Scrimmage Yards
90.1 takeover
Win with 155 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
155 scrimmage yards and 30.2 usage.
#3
vs East Carolina
Week 9 · L 24-27
116
Scrimmage Yards
85.2 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
116 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#4
@ Utah State
Week 10 · W 42-14
171
Scrimmage Yards
78.6 takeover
Win with 171 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
171 scrimmage yards and 16.9 usage.
#5
@ Navy
Week 1 · W 55-3
112
Scrimmage Yards
75.1 takeover
Win with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
112 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · BYU
736 primary output · 55.8 efficiency · 16.5 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · BYU
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736 primary · 55.8 efficiency · 16.5 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · BYU
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646 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 15.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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