{"id":118296,"date":"2025-06-10T09:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/118296\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T09:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:10:10","slug":"sitake-on-weylin-lapuaho-fantastic-guard-and-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/118296\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitake On Weylin Lapuaho: \u2018Fantastic Guard\u2019 And Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY \u2013 Headed into his senior season, BYU offensive lineman Weylin Lapuaho is set to make a big impact in the trenches for the Cougars.<\/p>\n<p>BYU\u2019s O-Line ranked in the top half of the Big 12 and in the top 50 of the FBS. Much of that credit goes to Lapuaho as he held it down from the interior.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Kalani Sitake had high praise for Lapuaho both on the field and in the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFantastic guard,\u201d Sitake said. \u201c(He) has the ability to pull and be physical for the inside run. He has the complete mix of what you want from an interior offensive lineman. Tough, physical, understands the game, and (he\u2019s) a great team leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Lapuaho was ranked 58th in the 60 in 60. Last year, he jumped up to No. 30.<\/p>\n<p>See where Lapuaho gets placed on this year\u2019s list after the 2025 College Football season.<\/p>\n<p>About BYU\u2019s Weylin Lapuaho<\/p>\n<p>Lapuaho is a junior offensive lineman from South Jordan, Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Before his time at BYU, Lapuaho started 13 games at guard as a true freshman for the Utah State Aggies in 2022. Coming out of high school, Lapuaho was rated the 18th-best overall recruit in the state of Utah and the 53rd-best offensive lineman in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>In his freshman year as an Aggie, Lapuaho finished the season with 14 knockdowns and did not allow a single sack.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Family?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#Family<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CougarNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#CougarNation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UoqpaqicVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UoqpaqicVV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Weylin Lapuaho (@LapuahoWeylin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LapuahoWeylin\/status\/1611761949989306368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">January 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lapuaho was the first offensive lineman transfer to commit to BYU during the 2023 portal cycle.<\/p>\n<p>He played in and started 10 games for the Cougars in 2023. In 2024, Lapuaho was a co-captain and named an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention.<\/p>\n<p>His cousin, Ului Lapuaho, was a BYU offensive lineman from 2014-18 and earned All-Independent honors.<\/p>\n<p>Take us with you, wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the new &amp; improved KSL Sports app from Utah\u2019s sports leader. You can stream live radio, video and stay up to date on all of your favorite teams.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY \u2013 Headed into his senior season, BYU offensive lineman Weylin Lapuaho is set to make&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,3472,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-118296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kslsports-com-utah-sports-news","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114658294218551969","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}