Pronunciation: ROH-pah-tee
BYU Highlights
- Missed the 2023 season due to injury, has 204 career rushing yards and 97 receiving
Personal
- Parents are Pologa and Lina Folau Ropati
- Second of seven children
- Wife's name is Taylin, married spring 2023. Taylin played soccer at Utah Valley
- Major: Communications
- Mission: served mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Philippines
- Loves bowling and playing cards
- Speaks Samoan and Tagalog
- Volunteers with Soifua Foundation, raising money for school supplies in the Polynesian Islands
Before BYU
- Prepped at Cerritos College and Downey High School
- At Cerritos rushed for 647 yards on 109 carries with 10 touchdowns during the 2019 season
- Averaged 5.9 yards per carry during the season
- Had 19 receptions for 269 yards, averaging 24.5 yards per catch for the Falcons
- Returned three kickoffs for 26 yards with a long of 11 yards
- Recorded 190 all-purpose yards with a season-high 95 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the season finale game