Kansas State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Seumalo, Uso
Jersey Number 99
Uso Seumalo
- Position:
- Nose Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 340
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Maunaloa, Hawai'i
- High School:
- Molokai
- Prev School:
- Garden City CC
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl watch list
• 2024 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award watch list
• 2023 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)
• 2023 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2024: Played in all 13 games, collecting 14 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss over 343 defensive snaps… Tied his career high with four tackles at BYU, while he had three at Iowa State and two apiece against UT Martin, West Virginia and Houston… Recorded TFLs against UT Martin, BYU and Houston.
2023: A 10-game starter at defensive tackle who earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades... Played in 11 games, totaling 18 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery over his 413 defensive snaps... Set a career high with four tackles at Texas, while he had three at Oklahoma State... Carded his first-career full sack against UCF in addition to a half sack against SEMO... Broke up a pass against Houston and recovered a fumble against Troy... Missed the final two games of the season due to injury... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2022: Saw time in every game as a reserve defensive tackle, coming up with five tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and two pass breakups in his 87 defensive snaps... Had a season-high two tackles with a TFL against South Dakota before carding another TFL the next week against Missouri... Knocked down a pair of passes late in the game at Oklahoma to help preserve the victory... Also had tackles against Oklahoma State and at West Virginia.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played at Garden City under head coach Tom Minnick... Rated the 31st-best overall community-college prospect in the Class of 2022 and the second-best at defensive tackle by ESPN... Viewed as the 34th-best overall community-college prospect and fourth-best at defensive tackle by 247Sports... Totaled 47 tackles and five sacks over his two-year stint for the Broncbusters... Registered a career-high 10 tackles during his freshman season against Highland... Posted 2.5 tackles for loss as a freshman against Fort Scott... Had a season-high four tackles and a sack as a sophomore in the conference against Hutchinson... Also broke up a pair of passes during his sophomore season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played six games as a senior at Molokai under head coach Mike Kahale... Earned first team all-conference honors and was selected to play in the All-Hawai‘i Bowl... Played basketball and volleyball throughout high school before convincing his parents to allow him to play football as a senior in 2019... The first ever Division I scholarship player to hail from Molokai High School... Earned honorable mention all-state honors in both volleyball and basketball.
PERSONAL: Uso Seumalo (pronounced OO-soh SAY-oh-MALL-oh) was born May 17, 2002, in Kaunakakai, Hawai’i... Son of Vaai and Naomi Seumalo... Has one sibling, Vaoia... The first Wildcat from the state of Hawai’i since Peni Holakeituai (Waipahu) and Jesse Keaulana-Kamakea (Waimanalo) in 2003... Majoring in communication studies.
• 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl watch list
• 2024 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award watch list
• 2023 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)
• 2023 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2024: Played in all 13 games, collecting 14 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss over 343 defensive snaps… Tied his career high with four tackles at BYU, while he had three at Iowa State and two apiece against UT Martin, West Virginia and Houston… Recorded TFLs against UT Martin, BYU and Houston.
2023: A 10-game starter at defensive tackle who earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades... Played in 11 games, totaling 18 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery over his 413 defensive snaps... Set a career high with four tackles at Texas, while he had three at Oklahoma State... Carded his first-career full sack against UCF in addition to a half sack against SEMO... Broke up a pass against Houston and recovered a fumble against Troy... Missed the final two games of the season due to injury... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2022: Saw time in every game as a reserve defensive tackle, coming up with five tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and two pass breakups in his 87 defensive snaps... Had a season-high two tackles with a TFL against South Dakota before carding another TFL the next week against Missouri... Knocked down a pair of passes late in the game at Oklahoma to help preserve the victory... Also had tackles against Oklahoma State and at West Virginia.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played at Garden City under head coach Tom Minnick... Rated the 31st-best overall community-college prospect in the Class of 2022 and the second-best at defensive tackle by ESPN... Viewed as the 34th-best overall community-college prospect and fourth-best at defensive tackle by 247Sports... Totaled 47 tackles and five sacks over his two-year stint for the Broncbusters... Registered a career-high 10 tackles during his freshman season against Highland... Posted 2.5 tackles for loss as a freshman against Fort Scott... Had a season-high four tackles and a sack as a sophomore in the conference against Hutchinson... Also broke up a pair of passes during his sophomore season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played six games as a senior at Molokai under head coach Mike Kahale... Earned first team all-conference honors and was selected to play in the All-Hawai‘i Bowl... Played basketball and volleyball throughout high school before convincing his parents to allow him to play football as a senior in 2019... The first ever Division I scholarship player to hail from Molokai High School... Earned honorable mention all-state honors in both volleyball and basketball.
PERSONAL: Uso Seumalo (pronounced OO-soh SAY-oh-MALL-oh) was born May 17, 2002, in Kaunakakai, Hawai’i... Son of Vaai and Naomi Seumalo... Has one sibling, Vaoia... The first Wildcat from the state of Hawai’i since Peni Holakeituai (Waipahu) and Jesse Keaulana-Kamakea (Waimanalo) in 2003... Majoring in communication studies.
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