2015 Football Roster
Roster
Osa Masina
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Salt Lake City, UT
- High School:
- Brighton
2016: Masina will look for key playing time at inside linebacker as a sophomore in 2016. He also worked a bit at defensive end in 2016 spring practice.
2015: Masina was a backup inside linebacker as a first-year freshman in 2015. Overall in 2015 while appearing in 12 games (all but UCLA and Stanford in the Pac-12 Championsip Game), he had 25 tackles, including 1.5 for losses of 4 yards, and he returned a recovered fumble for a TD. In the Arkansas State opener, he had 4 tackles (1 for a loss) and picked up an errant lateral and raced 46 yards for a TD. He had 5 tackles versus Washington and Notre Dame (0.5 for a loss), 4 against Arizona State, 3 versus Idaho and 1 against Stanford, Utah, Arizona and Oregon. He strained his hamstring at Oregon and was sidelined versus UCLA and Stanford in the Pac-12 Championsip Game.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2014 Prep Star All-American Dream Team, Max Preps All-American second team, USA Today All-Utah, All-State, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team and Tacoma News Tribune Western 100 as a senior linebacker and running back at Brighton High in Cottonwood Heights (Ut.). He had 98 tackles with 10 sacks, an interception, 2 fumble recoveries, 2 forced fumbles and a safety on defense and ran for 596 yards on 94 carries (6.3 avg) with 8 TDs and caught 11 passes for 168 yards (15.3 avg) with 2 TDs on offense in 2014.
As a junior in 2013, he made Student Sports Junior All-American honorable mention as he had 87 tackles and 5 sacks on defense and ran for 1,643 yards with 25 TDs on offense.
He had 37 tackles on defense and 706 yards on 108 carries (6.5 avg) with 9 TDs on offense as a 2012 sophomore.
He also was a sprinter and hurdler on Brighton's track team. He also played basketball at Brighton.
PERSONAL: His brother, Uaea, is a junior linebacker at Utah.
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |
| 2015 (Fr.)... | 25 | 1.5/4 | 0 | 1# |
| #Includes 1 returned for TD |
GAME-BY-GAME WITH OSA MASINA
2015
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |
| Ark. St. | 4 | 1/3 | 0 | 1# |
| Idaho | 3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St. | 4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame | 5 | 0.5/1 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 (Fr.)... | 25 | 1.5/4 | 0 | 1# |
| #Includes 1 returned for TD |
