The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
Junior Angilau
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-6
- Hometown:
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Weight:
- 294
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- East
- Major:
- Strategic Communication
A fifth-year offensive lineman who has played and started in 34 games ... a 2022 second-team All-Big 12 Preseason selection by Athlon Sports ... a 2021 watch list candidate for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award … a fourth-team Preseason All-Big 12 selection by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele in 2020 and 2021 ... selected to the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... a preseason watch list candidate for the 2019 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award … a seven-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2019, spring 2020, fall 2020, spring 2021, fall 2021, spring 2022, fall 2022) ... was an All-America and all-state competitor in high school.
SENIOR (2022)
Has not appeared in any games due to an injury sustained during fall training camp.
JUNIOR (2021)
Played in and started all 12 games … started the first six games of the season at right guard before moving to left guard for the final six games of the season … a 2021 watch list candidate for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award … helped Texas post back-to-back 58-plus-point games (58 vs. Rice, 70 vs. Texas Tech) … the 70 points against Texas Tech tied for the ninth-most points scored in a game in program history … anchored an offensive line that helped produce over 600 yards against Rice (620) and Texas Tech (639) … helped the Longhorns set the school’s single-game yards per carry record of 10.4 ypc (41 carries for 428 yards) against Rice … blocked for the seventh running back duo in UT history with a 1,000- and 500-yard rusher (Bijan Robinson – 1,127, Roschon Johnson – 569) … helped protect QB Casey Thompson, who had a Big 12-leading 24 touchdown passes ... part of unit that helped three Longhorns total nine 100-yard rushing games … part of an offensive line that helped Bijan Robinson eclipse 100 yards rushing in five-straight games … blocked for Bijan Robinson’s 20 carry, 103 yard outing in the season-opening victory over Louisiana … anchored an offensive line that helped Robinson (13 carries, 127 yards, 3 TDs) and Roschon Johnson (3 carries, 112 yards, 1 TD) both surpass 100 rushing yards against Rice, as well as an 80-yard rushing performance by Keilan Robinson (5 carries, 83 yards, 1 TD) … also against Rice, helped block for three running backs with 60-yard touchdown runs (Roschon Johnson - 72, Keilan Robinson - 65, Bijan Robinson - 62) … blocked for Bijan Robinson as he rushed for 137 yards on 18 carries against Texas Tech … anchored a unit that helped Bijan Robinson rush for career-high 216 yards with two TDs on 34 carries at TCU, the 21st-most rushing yards in UT history … blocked for Bijan Robinson’s 137 rushing yard performance against Oklahoma and 135-yard outing against Oklahoma State … helped Keilan Robinson rush for 111 yards on nine carries at West Virginia, the first 100-yard game of his career … blocked for Roschon Johnson’s career-best 179 rushing yards against Kansas State.
SOPHOMORE (2020)
Played in and started all 10 games … transitioned to left guard after spending the 2019 season at right guard … part of an offensive line that helped the Longhorns score 42.7 points per game – the second-best scoring average in school history … blocked for an offense that averaged 6.66 yards per play, the fourth-best mark in school history and best in a season since 2005… helped Texas post two 60-point games (63 at Texas Tech, 69 at Kansas State) … blocked for a UT backfield that averaged 5.3 yards per carry and scored 20 rushing touchdowns … helped senior QB Sam Ehlinger record 2,943 yards of total offense and score 34 total touchdowns (26 pass/8 rush) … part of unit that helped three Longhorns total five 100-yard rushing games … opened holes for Ehlinger to rush for a career-high 112 yards and four touchdowns in the AT&T Red River Showdown versus Oklahoma … blocked for Bijan Robinson’s first career 100-yard game (12 carries, 113 yards) in a win over West Virginia … anchored an offensive line that helped Robinson (9 carries, 172 yards, 3 TDs) and Roschon Johnson (14 carries, 139 yards, 3 TDs) both surpass 100 rushing yards against Kansas State … helped Robinson set the school’s single-game yards per carry record (19.1 ypc) against K-State … marked the first time during the Big 12 era that two Longhorns each rushed for three touchdowns in the same game … was also the first time that a Texas running back tandem each rushed for at least 125 yards in the same game since Shon Mitchell (150 yds) and Ricky Williams (143 yds) did so versus Texas Tech in 1996¬ … part of an offensive line that helped Texas set school records for points (55), total offense (638) and yards per play (9.4) in a bowl game versus Colorado … blocked for an offense that rushed for 303 yards and passed for 335 in the Valero Alamo Bowl … marked the first time that Texas has recorded more than 300 passing yards and 300 rushing yards in a bowl game … anchored a unit that helped Bijan Robinson rush for 183 yards on 10 carries.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019)
Played and started in 12 games ... a preseason watch list candidate for the 2019 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award ... part of a Texas OL that was named to the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll ... helped protect QB Sam Ehlinger, who has accounted for 4,326 yards of total offense (No. 2 in school history) and 39 total touchdowns (No. 3) ... played a key role in helping the UT offense score 35.2 points per game ... contributed in helping Texas outrush West Virginia, 216-96 ... part of an offensive line that helped RB Keaontay Ingram rush for a then-career-high 114 yards versus Oklahoma State, and then allowed true freshman RB Roschon Johnson to log a career-best 121 yards at West Virginia ... Johnson rushed for 95 yards against No. 6 Oklahoma the following week, the most by a Longhorn true freshman against the Sooners since Jamaal Charles in 2005 ... Ingram logged his second 100-yard game of the season against Kansas, marking UT’s fourth-straight game with a 95-yard rusher ... was the first time during head coach Tom Herman’s tenure that the Longhorns had a 95-yard rusher in four-straight games ... Ingram later rushed for a career-high 139 yards and two touchdowns behind the UT offensive line against No. 16 Kansas State ... Johnson rushed for 105 yards and scored three touchdowns behind the Texas offensive line versus Texas Tech ... blocked for a UT backfield that racked up 231 rushing yards against No. 11 Utah in the Valero Alamo Bowl ... the Longhorns averaged 6.2 yards per carry against the Utes, well above the 2.7 ypc average that Utah allowed in its first 13 games of the season ... Texas was one of only two teams to rush for more than 115 yards against Utah ... marked the third time in 2019 that the Horns rushed for more than 230 yards.
FRESHMAN (2018)
Did not play.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Brandon Matich at East ... an All-America and all-state offensive lineman who signed with Texas in December ... also played defensive tackle in high school ... participated in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... part of three-straight state title game appearances, including back-to-back championships as a sophomore and junior ... selected to the first team of the 2017 Desert News 6A All-State Team as an offensive lineman as voted on by high school coaches ... rated No. 131 nationally (No. 10 OT) and No. 2 overall in Utah by 247Sports ... ranked No. 130 nationally (No. 3 OT) and No. 3 overall in Utah by Rivals ... rated No. 176 nationally (No. 14 OT) and No. 3 overall in Utah by ESPN ... led an offensive line that paved the way for 398.6 rushing yards per game as a senior ... part of an offense that averaged 39.8 points per game, including five games of 50 or more points ... helped the offense rush for 59 touchdowns during the season, for over 400 yards in eight out of 14 games, and over 500 yards in three contests ... named to the 2017 watch list of the Polynesian High School Player of the Year Award by the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame ... tabbed 2017 second-team Preseason All-America by MaxPreps ... part of a line that helped pave the way for Jaylen Warren to break the single-season Utah state record for most rushing yards with 3,099 ... helped the offense average 485.5 rushing yards per game while scoring 87 rushing touchdowns ... helped East to a perfect season with a 14-0 record and the 4A state championship in 2016 ... did not play football until high school after growing up playing soccer.
PERSONAL
Given name is Sione Angilau, Jr. but goes by Junior ... son of Sione and Leslie Angilau ... has four siblings.
