Roman Sapolu

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-2
Weight:
286
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.
High School:
Edison HS

OREGON STATE – CAREER: Roman Sapolu (pronounced sap-OH-lu) provided versatility along the interior line making nine starts in his final two seasons. 2014: Roman’s season ended prematurely for the second year in a row following a neck injury against California … prior to the injury he had made seven straight starts, six at left guard and one at right guard … returned from an early season (2013) foot injury in time for spring ball … practiced mostly at center during the spring and began the Beavers’ top reserve at center and both guard positions before moving into the lineup in game 2. 2013: Roman began fall camp as a back-up at guard and center … started the season-opener against Eastern Washington at right guard due to injuries along the line … also started against Hawai’i, but suffered a foot injury that required surgery and ended his season after two games. 2012: Played in three games. 2011: Served as a back-up at center … did not play. 2010: Redshirt.

EDISON: Earned four varsity letters for the Chargers, three in football and one in volleyball … Sunset League Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior and second team all-league as a junior … All-Orange County first team in 2009 … All-Pac-5 CIF first team as a senior … first team all-state according to Max Preps … second team all-state according to CalHi Sports.

PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1992 in Harbor City, California … son of Jesse and Lisa Sapolu … has three siblings, Lila, Luke and London … Jesse played football at Hawai’i and won four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers from 1983-97 … Lila played volleyball at Chaminade University … Luke played football at Central Oklahoma … London currently plays football at Hawai’i … uncle, Roger Levasa, played football at Oregon State … cousin, Levi Levasa played safety for Oregon State … high school coach, Dave White, was a two-year letterman at Oregon State (1976, 78) … chose Oregon State because “I really like Coach Cavanaugh and Coach Riley. My dad grew up with Coach Seumalo, each of the other coaches wrote to me before I got to meet them and I really enjoy the family atmosphere at OSU” … majoring in liberal studies.