#4

Lopini Katoa

RB · BYU · Sr. · #4

BYU 2022 alumnus
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Lopini Katoa

RB · BYU · Sr · #4

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
BYU
2020–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020BYU11-1HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced
2021BYU10-3HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2022BYU753334.42--
2021BYU612424.02--
2020BYU844445.35--
Career2201,0194.69--
SeasonTeam
2022BYU10808.00--
2021BYU9283.11--
2020BYU2329212.73--
Career424009.54--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 31–28

at Boise State

46 rush yds (12 car)

Edged out Boise State on the road in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

RB

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Deion Smith’s 2022 season.

Deion Smith

77%match

Colorado · 2022

#2

Jalen Berger

Michigan State · 2022

74%
#3

Ashaad Clayton

Tulane · 2022

74%
#4

Al-Jay Henderson

Buffalo · 2022

74%
#5

Dominic Richardson

Oklahoma State · 2021

72%

Matches Deion on

Yards / carry
EPA / carry (adj)
Total rush EPA (college ability)

Differs from Deion on

Weight (higher)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Andrew Body’s path through Alabama State.

Andrew Body

100%match

Alabama State · 2025

#2

Gaej Walker

Western Kentucky · 2020

97%
#3

Leo Pulalasi

Washington State · 2025

96%
#4

Narii Gaither

Gardner-Webb · 2023

95%
#5

Chuba Hubbard

Oklahoma State · 2020

All-Big 12NFL Rd 4
95%

Matches Andrew on

Yards per carry
202020212022

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Nahree Biggins's junior season at Central Michigan (2025).

Central Michigan · 2025

#2

Dylan Carson

Air Force · 2025

77%
#3

Ashaad Clayton

Tulane · 2022

77%
#4

Jalen Berger

Michigan State · 2022

76%
#5

Shomari Lawrence

Florida International · 2023

75%

Matches Nahree on

Total rush EPA (college ability)
Yards / carry
Rush TD rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Lopini Katoa

#1

Leo Pulalasi

Washington State · 2024

96%

Development

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2020–2022
4442020
2422021
3332022

-25%

Sharp dropoff (-25%) — career inflection point.