 Suamataia in 2024 | |
| BYU Cougars–No. 78 | |
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| Position | Offensive tackle |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 18, 2003 Orem, Utah, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 325 lb (147 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| Bowl games | |
| High school | Orem High School (Orem, Utah) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kingsley Suamataia (born January 18, 2003) is an American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Oregon and BYU.
Of Samoan descent, Suamataia was born on January 18, 2003, in Orem, Utah. [1] He spent time living in his mother's hometown of Laie, Hawaii, before moving back to Utah and attending Orem High School. [1] [2] A five-star recruit, he received offers from programs such as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oregon, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Utah and USC. He ultimately committed to play college football at Oregon. [3] [4]
During Suamataia's first year at Oregon in 2021, he was redshirted and only played in one game. [5] However, after the 2021 season on October 26, it had been reported that Suamataia had entered the transfer portal. [6] On November 5, 2021, Suamataia decided to transfer to Brigham Young University. [7] [8] [9] During the 2022 season, Suamataia played in 12 games starting in all of them, and he did not allow a sack on the season. [10] [11] He was also named to the Freshman All-America Second Team by the Athletic and by College Sports News, additionally he was named All-Independent First Team Offense by College Football Network. [12]
Suamataia is already projected to be a first round pick in the 2024 NFL draft by multiple sources. [13] [14] [15]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4+5⁄8 in (1.95 m) | 326 lb (148 kg) | 34+1⁄4 in (0.87 m) | 10+5⁄8 in (0.27 m) | 5.04 s | 1.74 s | 2.90 s | 28.0 in (0.71 m) | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | 31 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine [16] [17] | ||||||||||||
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