Vaea Ikakoula
Penn State Nittany Lions
75
Solid

Vaea Ikakoula

Penn State Nittany LionsAverage
COffenseSolidTRANSFER · Iowa State
2nd String / Backup

Is Vaea Ikakoula starting?

Vaea Ikakoula is listed 2nd string at C for Penn State Nittany Lions.

Redshirt freshman · #54 · 6'3", 326 lbs

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Depth at C · Penn State Nittany Lions

  1. 15179Brock RikerStarter
  2. 25475Vaea IkakoulaYou
  3. 35256Dominic Rulli

Penn State Starting Lineup

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Top offensive linemen in the Big Ten

Jake RenfroIllinois · CJoe BrunnerIndiana · RGTrevor LauckIowa · LT

Up next for Penn State

Penn State plays Washington away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

The Story

A 3-star recruit out of West, ranked #1,551 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit3★ · #1,551 Natl
Laie, HI
Jersey
#54
Class
RS FR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
326 lbs
Transfer
Iowa State

Vaea Ikakoula is currently behind Brock Riker at C on the Penn State depth chart, a Big Ten team rated 75 overall this season.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8556
National Rank
#1551
High School
West
Hometown
Salt Lake City, UT

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated offense; 76th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 75 after depth penalty.

Team offense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 24% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Not tracked for this position.

Linemen and long snappers don't record box-score stats, so there's no game-by-game log to show.

Vaea Ikakoula's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

The People's Ratings

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