Siaki Ika

STATS

YEAR (GP/GS)   TKLS  TFL     SACK    FF    PD   INT

2019: (8/0)         6          1.0      1.0         0       0       0

2020: (9/9)         17        6.0      2.0         0       2       0

2021: (12/12)      36       8.5      4.5         2       3       0

2022: (12/12)     38       9.0      5.0         2       1       0

Total: (41/33)    97       24.5    12.5        4       6       0

HISTORY -- From College Profile

CAREER HONORS
• 2022 All-America Third Team (Phil Steele)
• 2022 All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches, AP, Phil Steele)
• 2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (PFN)
• 2022 All-Texas Second Team (Dave Campbell's Texas Football)
• 2022 Finalist for Polynesian Player of the Year Award
• 2021 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year (Coaches)
• 2021 All-Big 12 Second Team (Coaches)
• 2021 All-Texas First Team (Dave Campbell's Texas Football)
• 2021 All-Big 12 First Team (AP)

2022 (Senior)
Earned third-team All-America honors from Phil Steele … Named first-team All-Big 12 by the league coaches, the Associated Press and Phil Steele … Was a finalist for the Polynesian Player of the Year Award … Played in 12 games with 11 starts at nose tackle … Totaled 24 tackles, including two for a loss, with five QB hurries and two pass break-ups … Had two stops in the season opener vs. UAlbany … Went for three tackles in front of a bevy of family and friends at No. 21 BYU, as the Salt Lake City native returned to Utah … Had two pass break-ups vs. Texas State … had a pair of stops and a QB hurry at Iowa State … Had four tackles vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State … Went for three tackles, including one for a loss and a QB hurry, at West Virginia … Broke up a pass in a win over Kansas … Had four tackles in a win at Oklahoma … Made three tackles with one for a loss and a QB hurry vs. No. 19 Kansas State … Had three tackles and a QB hurry vs. No. 4 TCU … Earned preseason All-America honors from Pro Football Network, Pick Six Preview, AP, Phil Steele and Athlon Sports … Was a preseason All-Big 12 first-team pick by the Big 12 media, Athlon, Phil Steele and Pick Six Preview … The preseason best defensive lineman in Texas by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … On the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Outland Trophy, Bednarik Award and Lombardi Award Watch Lists … Ranked No. 52 on Pro Football Network’s top-100 players in the preseason. 

2021 (Junior)
Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year … All-Big 12 Second Team DL … All-Big 12 Honorable Mention DLoY … DCTF First-Team All-Texas Defensive Line … AP All-Big 12 First Team defensive tackle … Tied for the third-most sacks on the team (4) … Tied for the sixth-most tackles for loss on the team (6.0) … Played 13 games with 12 starts … Made his BU debut at Texas State (9/4) and made one assisted tackle … Did not play against Texas Southern (9/11) … Recorded one pass breakup at Kansas (9/18) … Made a solo tackle against Iowa State (9/25) … Collected his first sack at BU with 0.5 against Oklahoma State (10/2) to go along with four tackles … Tallied a career-high two sacks as part of a three-tackle outing against West Virginia (10/9) … Played but did not record a stat against BYU (10/16) … Registered two tackles and a sack against Texas (10/30) … Had two more tackles at TCU (11/6) … Made one tackle and had two quarterback hurries against Oklahoma (11/13) … Notched another quarterback hurry at Kansas State (11/20) … Recorded a solo tackle and a quarterback hurry in home finale against Texas Tech (11/27) … Tied what was then his career-high with four tackles (2.5 for loss) to go along with a half sack in the Big 12 Championship game against Oklahoma State (12/4) … Set a new career-high with five total tackles against Ole Miss (1/1).
Prior to Baylor
Spent the 2019 season and a portion of 2020 season at LSU.
2020 (Sophomore/LSU)
Played in four games in 2020 before entering transfer portal … Had first career sack against Vanderbilt on October 3, 2020.
2019 (Freshman/LSU)
Member of 2019 National Championship team … Played in 13 games at nose tackles as a true freshman in 2019 … Recorded 17 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss …  Part of LSU’s rotation at nose tackle … Made an immediate impact during his first year with the Tigers … Enrolled at LSU in January 2019 and participated in spring practice.

High School
Played for coach Brandon Matich at East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah … A four-star prospect by Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN… Ranked as No. 243 in ESPN300… Rated as the No. 159 recruit overall and No. 1 in Utah according to 247Sports Composite rankings … Recorded 89 tackles and 14 sacks as a senior … Invited to the All-American Bowl and Polynesian Bowl in January.
 Personal
Full name is Siaki Ika … son of Falakesi Kiola and Selu Loiola … will enroll at Baylor in January 2020 … nickname is Apu ... health, kinesiology and leisure studies major.