Lopini Katoa

Lopini Katoa

Position: RB

Ht/Wt: 6-1, 205 lbs

Hometown: American Fork, Utah

High School: American Fork HS

Mission: Independence Missouri

Pronunciation: Loh-Pee-nee Kah-TOH-uh

Relatives: Uncles Fotu Katoa, Fred Katoa

Years at BYU: 2017-22

2020 Team Captain

32 4

Rushing

Season	Att	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	Lng
2018	76	423	5.6	8	50
2019	85	358	4.2	4	16
2020	84	444	5.3	5	43
2021	61	242	4.0	2	25
2022	75	333	4.4	2	24
Total	381	1800	4.7	21	50

Receiving

Season	Rec	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
2018	20	114	5.7	1	27
2019	24	288	12.0	1	77
2020	23	293	12.7	3	42
2021	9	28	3.1	1	9
2022	10	80	8.0	0	12
Total	86	803	9.3	6	77

Kick Returns

Season	No	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
2019	8	207	25.9	0	48

2021	4	80	20.0	0	22
2022	2	18	9.0	0	11
Total	14	305	21.8	0	48

Defense

Season	Tackles					Pass Defense				Fumbles			Blk	Sfty
Season	Tot	Solo	Ast	Sk	TFL	PD	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	TD	Blk	Sfty
2020	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring

Season	Touchdowns								PAT		FGM	Sfty	Pts
Season	Rush	Rec	Kick	Punt	Fumb	Int	Oth	Total	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
2018	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	54
2019	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	30
2020	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	48
2021	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	20
2022	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	12
Career	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	164

Participation

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
2018	R-FR	32	RB	11	2
2019	R-SO	4	RB	12	4
2020	R-JR	4	RB	11	4
2021	R-JR	4	RB	13	0
2022	R-SR	4	RB	10	4
Total				57	14

Roster History

Season	Class	No	Pos
2017	RS	32	RB
2018	R-FR	32	RB
2019	R-SO	4	RB
2020	R-JR	4	RB
2021	R-JR	4	RB
2022	R-SR	4	RB

Rushing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 1, 2018	A	ARIZ	W 28-23	0	8	39	4.9	0	10
Sep 8, 2018	H	CAL	L 18-21	0	2	16	8.0	0	13
Sep 15, 2018	A	WIS	W 24-21	0	3	10	3.3	0	6
Sep 22, 2018	H	MCNSU	W 30-3	0	10	64	6.4	2	15
Sep 29, 2018	A	UW	L 7-35	0	8	27	3.4	1	7
Oct 5, 2018	H	USU	L 20-45	1	8	24	3.0	0	5
Oct 13, 2018	H	HAW	W 49-23	1	15	79	5.3	1	16
Oct 27, 2018	H	NIU	L 6-7	0	1	1	1.0	0	1
Nov 3, 2018	A	BSU	L 16-21	0	1	8	8.0	0	8
Nov 10, 2018	A	UMASS	W 35-16	0	1	0	0.0	0
Nov 17, 2018	H	NMSU	W 45-10	0	19	155	8.2	4	50
Aug 29, 2019	H	UTAH	L 12-30	0	3	3	1.0	0	6
Sep 7, 2019	A	TENN	W 29-26	0	2	2	1.0	0	2
Sep 14, 2019	H	USC	W 30-27	0	1	5	5.0	0	5
Sep 21, 2019	H	UW	L 19-45	0	5	13	2.6	0	5
Sep 28, 2019	A	TOL	L 21-28	0	4	27	6.8	0	13
Oct 12, 2019	A	USF	L 23-27	0	11	73	6.6	0	16
Oct 19, 2019	H	BSU	W 28-25	0	12	37	3.1	1	11
Nov 2, 2019	A	USU	W 42-14	0	7	42	6.0	1	14
Nov 9, 2019	H	LIB	W 31-24	1	12	49	4.1	0	8
Nov 23, 2019	A	UMASS	W 56-24	1	7	34	4.9	1	14
Nov 30, 2019	A	SDSU	L 3-13	1	10	22	2.2	0	6
Dec 24, 2019	B	HAW	L 34-38	1	11	51	4.6	1	15
Sep 7, 2020	A	NAVY	W 55-3	1	10	80	8.0	2	39
Sep 26, 2020	H	TROY	W 48-7	1	11	76	6.9	0	19
Oct 2, 2020	H	LT	W 45-14	1	11	23	2.1	0	5
Oct 10, 2020	H	UTSA	W 27-20	0	8	36	4.5	0	12
Oct 16, 2020	A	HOU	W 43-26	0	3	11	3.7	1	5
Oct 24, 2020	H	TXST	W 52-14	0	8	35	4.4	1	7
Oct 31, 2020	H	WKU	W 41-10	0	2	2	1.0	0	2
Nov 6, 2020	A	BSU	W 51-17	0	8	66	8.3	1	20
Dec 5, 2020	A	CCU	L 17-22	0	2	4	2.0	0	5
Dec 12, 2020	H	SDSU	W 28-14	1	14	90	6.4	0	43
Dec 22, 2020	B	UCF	W 49-23	0	7	21	3.0	0	11
Sep 4, 2021	N	ARIZ	W 24-16	0	9	33	3.7	0	16
Sep 11, 2021	H	UTAH	W 26-17	0	8	33	4.1	0	13
Sep 18, 2021	H	ASU	W 27-17	0	8	29	3.6	0	9
Sep 25, 2021	H	USF	W 35-27	0	4	40	10.0	0	25
Oct 1, 2021	A	USU	W 34-20	0	7	7	1.0	0	12
Oct 9, 2021	H	BSU	L 17-26	0	4	23	5.8	0	13
Oct 23, 2021	A	WSU	W 21-19	0	3	15	5.0	1	12
Oct 30, 2021	H	UVA	W 66-49	0	5	21	4.2	0	6
Nov 6, 2021	H	IDST	W 59-14	0	7	24	3.4	0	8
Nov 20, 2021	A	GASO	W 34-17	0	4	16	4.0	1	7
Nov 27, 2021	A	USC	W 35-31	0	2	1	0.5	0	1
Sep 3, 2022	A	USF	W 50-21	0	10	55	5.5	0	12
Sep 10, 2022	H	BAY	W 26-20	0	9	26	2.9	1	7
Sep 17, 2022	A	ORE	L 20-41	0	5	12	2.4	0	5
Sep 24, 2022	H	WYO	W 38-24	1	5	17	3.4	0	7
Sep 29, 2022	H	USU	W 38-26	0	4	0	0.0	0	4
Oct 8, 2022	N	ND	L 20-28	1	8	45	5.6	0	20
Oct 22, 2022	A	LIB	L 14-41	0	1	7	7.0	0	7
Oct 28, 2022	H	ECU	L 24-27	1	20	116	5.8	1	24
Nov 5, 2022	A	BSU	W 31-28	1	12	46	3.8	0	8
Nov 19, 2022	H	UT	W 52-26	0	1	9	9.0	0	9

Receiving

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 1, 2018	A	ARIZ	W 28-23	0	2	2	11	5.5	0	8
Sep 8, 2018	H	CAL	L 18-21	0	3	2	10	5.0	0	6
Sep 15, 2018	A	WIS	W 24-21	0	1	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
Sep 29, 2018	A	UW	L 7-35	0	7	7	66	9.4	0	27
Oct 5, 2018	H	USU	L 20-45	1	7	6	21	3.5	1	10
Oct 27, 2018	H	NIU	L 6-7	0	1	1	3	3.0	0	3
Nov 10, 2018	A	UMASS	W 35-16	0	1	1	5	5.0	0	5
Aug 29, 2019	H	UTAH	L 12-30	0	1	1	3	3.0	0	3
Sep 7, 2019	A	TENN	W 29-26	0	1	1	15	15.0	0	15
Sep 14, 2019	H	USC	W 30-27	0	2	2	2	1.0	0	5
Sep 28, 2019	A	TOL	L 21-28	0	3	3	22	7.3	0	17
Oct 12, 2019	A	USF	L 23-27	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0
Oct 19, 2019	H	BSU	W 28-25	0	2	2	17	8.5	0	10
Nov 2, 2019	A	USU	W 42-14	0	4	4	129	32.3	0	77
Nov 9, 2019	H	LIB	W 31-24	1	1	1	3	3.0	0	3
Nov 23, 2019	A	UMASS	W 56-24	1	3	3	38	12.7	1	18
Nov 30, 2019	A	SDSU	L 3-13	1	4	4	52	13.0	0	34
Dec 24, 2019	B	HAW	L 34-38	1	3	2	7	3.5	0	4
Sep 7, 2020	A	NAVY	W 55-3	1	3	3	32	10.7	1	15
Sep 26, 2020	H	TROY	W 48-7	1	5	4	35	8.8	0	23
Oct 10, 2020	H	UTSA	W 27-20	0	1	1	11	11.0	1	11
Oct 16, 2020	A	HOU	W 43-26	0	1	1	9	9.0	0	9
Oct 24, 2020	H	TXST	W 52-14	0	3	3	16	5.3	0	18
Oct 31, 2020	H	WKU	W 41-10	0	2	2	50	25.0	1	42
Nov 6, 2020	A	BSU	W 51-17	0	1	1	3	3.0	0	3
Dec 12, 2020	H	SDSU	W 28-14	1	5	4	47	11.8	0	28
Dec 22, 2020	B	UCF	W 49-23	0	5	4	90	22.5	0	34
Sep 4, 2021	N	ARIZ	W 24-16	0	1	1	4	4.0	0	4
Sep 11, 2021	H	UTAH	W 26-17	0	3	2	10	5.0	0	9
Sep 18, 2021	H	ASU	W 27-17	0	2	1	1	1.0	0	1
Oct 1, 2021	A	USU	W 34-20	0	1	1	1	1.0	0	1
Oct 16, 2021	A	BAY	L 24-38	0	1	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4
Oct 23, 2021	A	WSU	W 21-19	0	1	1	5	5.0	0	5
Nov 6, 2021	H	IDST	W 59-14	0	2	1	2	2.0	1	2
Nov 27, 2021	A	USC	W 35-31	0	1	1	9	9.0	0	9
Sep 3, 2022	A	USF	W 50-21	0	2	2	21	10.5	0	12
Sep 10, 2022	H	BAY	W 26-20	0	3	1	12	12.0	0	12
Sep 17, 2022	A	ORE	L 20-41	0	2	1	8	8.0	0	8
Sep 24, 2022	H	WYO	W 38-24	1	4	3	15	5.0	0	8
Oct 8, 2022	N	ND	L 20-28	1	1	1	3	3.0	0	3
Nov 5, 2022	A	BSU	W 31-28	1	2	2	21	10.5	0	12

Kick Returns

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Sep 21, 2019	H	UW	L 19-45	1	48	48.0	48
Sep 28, 2019	A	TOL	L 21-28	2	41	20.5	25
Oct 12, 2019	A	USF	L 23-27	3	70	23.3	25
Oct 19, 2019	H	BSU	W 28-25	2	48	24.0	26
Oct 1, 2021	A	USU	W 34-20	1	22	22.0	22
Oct 9, 2021	H	BSU	L 17-26	1	21	21.0	21
Oct 23, 2021	A	WSU	W 21-19	2	37	18.5	20
Oct 22, 2022	A	LIB	L 14-41	2	18	9.0	11

Defense

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Tkl
Dec 5, 2020	A	CCU	L 17-22	0	1

Participation

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Sep 1, 2018	A	ARIZ	W 28-23	0
Sep 8, 2018	H	CAL	L 18-21	0
Sep 15, 2018	A	WIS	W 24-21	0
Sep 22, 2018	H	MCNSU	W 30-3	0
Sep 29, 2018	A	UW	L 7-35	0
Oct 5, 2018	H	USU	L 20-45	1
Oct 13, 2018	H	HAW	W 49-23	1
Oct 27, 2018	H	NIU	L 6-7	0
Nov 3, 2018	A	BSU	L 16-21	0
Nov 10, 2018	A	UMASS	W 35-16	0
Nov 17, 2018	H	NMSU	W 45-10	0
Aug 29, 2019	H	UTAH	L 12-30	0
Sep 7, 2019	A	TENN	W 29-26	0
Sep 14, 2019	H	USC	W 30-27	0
Sep 21, 2019	H	UW	L 19-45	0
Sep 28, 2019	A	TOL	L 21-28	0
Oct 12, 2019	A	USF	L 23-27	0
Oct 19, 2019	H	BSU	W 28-25	0
Nov 2, 2019	A	USU	W 42-14	0
Nov 9, 2019	H	LIB	W 31-24	1
Nov 23, 2019	A	UMASS	W 56-24	1
Nov 30, 2019	A	SDSU	L 3-13	1
Dec 24, 2019	B	HAW	L 34-38	1
Sep 7, 2020	A	NAVY	W 55-3	1
Sep 26, 2020	H	TROY	W 48-7	1
Oct 2, 2020	H	LT	W 45-14	1
Oct 10, 2020	H	UTSA	W 27-20	0
Oct 16, 2020	A	HOU	W 43-26	0
Oct 24, 2020	H	TXST	W 52-14	0
Oct 31, 2020	H	WKU	W 41-10	0
Nov 6, 2020	A	BSU	W 51-17	0
Dec 5, 2020	A	CCU	L 17-22	0
Dec 12, 2020	H	SDSU	W 28-14	1
Dec 22, 2020	B	UCF	W 49-23	0
Sep 4, 2021	N	ARIZ	W 24-16	0
Sep 11, 2021	H	UTAH	W 26-17	0
Sep 18, 2021	H	ASU	W 27-17	0
Sep 25, 2021	H	USF	W 35-27	0
Oct 1, 2021	A	USU	W 34-20	0
Oct 9, 2021	H	BSU	L 17-26	0
Oct 16, 2021	A	BAY	L 24-38	0
Oct 23, 2021	A	WSU	W 21-19	0
Oct 30, 2021	H	UVA	W 66-49	0
Nov 6, 2021	H	IDST	W 59-14	0
Nov 20, 2021	A	GASO	W 34-17	0
Nov 27, 2021	A	USC	W 35-31	0
Dec 18, 2021	B	UAB	L 28-31	0
Sep 3, 2022	A	USF	W 50-21	0
Sep 10, 2022	H	BAY	W 26-20	0
Sep 17, 2022	A	ORE	L 20-41	0
Sep 24, 2022	H	WYO	W 38-24	1
Sep 29, 2022	H	USU	W 38-26	0
Oct 8, 2022	N	ND	L 20-28	1
Oct 22, 2022	A	LIB	L 14-41	0
Oct 28, 2022	H	ECU	L 24-27	1
Nov 5, 2022	A	BSU	W 31-28	1
Nov 19, 2022	H	UT	W 52-26	0

Season	Award
2020	2nd Team All-Independent Running Back

2022 - Concussion on Oct. 8.