Weber State University Athletics
2014 Football Roster
Iosua Opeta
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Stansbury Park, UT
- High School:
- Stansbury
Iosua finished his career at Weber State in 2018 and twice earned All-America honors. He finished his career playing in 50 career games in four seasons at Weber State and he started every game of the final three seasons on the offensive line. He also twice earned first-team All-Big Sky honors.
2018 (Senior)
Was a consensus All-American at Weber State after being named an All-American by numerous teams...Earned first team All-America honors by STATS and the Walter Camp Foundation and earned second-team honors from the Associated Press, AFCA and HERO Sports...Started all 13 games for Weber State on the offensive line and served as a team captain...Also earned first-team All-Big Sky honors...Was part of the Wildcat team that won the Big Sky title, won 10 games and earned the No. 2 seed in the FCS Playoffs...Helped block for running back Josh Davis, who won the Jerry Rice Award as the National Freshman of the Year.
2017 (Junior)
Started in all 14 games on the offensive line for the Wildcats as part of Weber State’s historic season that included a Big Sky title, a school-record 11 wins and two wins in the FCS Playoffs...Earned third-team All-America honors by the Associated Press...Was also named to the Big Sky All-Conference first-team.
2016 (Sophomore)
Started all 12 games on the offensive line after moving from the defensive side of the ball in spring practice...Earned Honorable Mention All-Big Sky Conference honors and helped the Wildcats to the FCS Playoffs...Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Human Performance Management/Sports.
2015 (Freshman)
Played in all 11 games and started for games for the Wildcats as a defensive tackle...Recorded 16 total tackles with five solo tackles and 11 assisted...Had four tackles in each of the first two games of the season at Oregon State and North Dakota State...Also had a half sack in WSU’s win at Montana...Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Business Administration.
2014
Sat out the season as a red shirt after signing with Weber State in February 2014.
Stansbury High School
Played for coach Clint Christiansen at Stansbury High School...Earned All-State honorable mention honors and was named to the First Team All-Region team...Recorded 74 tackles with five sacks as a senior at Stansbury.
Personal
Name is pronounced: YO-sue-a O-pet-a...Was born Aug. 15, 1996 in Bountiful, Utah...Parents are Amerika and Christy Opeta...Has a twin brother Isaia and a sister Malia...Graduated from Weber State in December 2018 with a degree in Human Performance Management.
