Iapani Laloulu

Updated October 24, 2026 | Sources: ESPN box scores; USC Athletics box score; GoDucks.com

Iapani Laloulu had NFL Draft stock after 2025 and came back anyway, and five games into 2026 he is the only lineman whose job has never been a question. Published lineups had him at center for the first three games, and USC's official box score lists him in Oregon's starting five at the Coliseum. He played all 64 snaps against Boise State and all 61 at Oklahoma State, then 45 in the 84-0 win over Portland State, when fourteen Oregon linemen played. Sources: Yahoo Sports (Sept 5, 2026) and Ducks Wire / Yahoo Sports (Sept 14 and 19, 2026) snap counts; Sports Illustrated and Addicted To Quack published lineups; USC Athletics official box score (Sept 26, 2026). USC was the line's best pass-protection night of the season: zero sacks allowed and one recorded hurry, after 1, 4 and 2 sacks in the first three games. The run blocking was more hit or miss, with 6 of 32 runs stopped at or behind the line, and three linemen were flagged, none of them Laloulu. Sources: ESPN box score and play-by-play; USC Athletics official box score (Sept 26, 2026). The résumé is why his return mattered. In 2025 he started all 15 games, played 884 snaps, every one at center, and was a Rimington Trophy finalist, FWAA first-team All-American and AP third-team All-American. Oregon lost three starting linemen to the NFL (Emmanuel Pregnon, Alex Harkey, Isaiah World). With Laloulu, the rebuild had a foundation.

Week 8 at Illinois, Oct 24, 2026

Started at center at Illinois in Oregon's sixth different offensive line combination in seven games, with freshman Tommy Tofi making his first career start beside him at left guard.

Oregon Athletics official box score starters list; Logan Brown, Ducks Wire via Yahoo Sports, Oct 24, 2026

5 of 5

Starts in 2026

Through UCLA, Oct 10

125

Snaps, first two games

Every one: 64 of 64, 61 of 61

0

Sacks allowed at USC

Team, Sept 26

1st Team

FWAA All-America 2025

Rimington finalist

The Line Around Him

Oregon's line has changed nearly every week, and the center has not. Ziyare Addison and Fox Crader were in the starting five for every game through USC and Dave Iuli the last three (Oregon's Oct 17 gameday availability report lists Iuli a game-time decision for Nebraska), and all three are among the five line starters on Oregon's official box score against UCLA. Left guard is the carousel: Douglas Utu started Week 1, Trent Ferguson made his first career start at Oklahoma State and is now out for the season with a knee injury (see the injury tracker), Kawika Rogers started against Portland State, and Utu was back in the starting five at USC. The USC box score lists starters without sides, so we do not assign them. Laloulu makes the calls for whoever is next to him.

What USC Showed

Pass protection: zero sacks, one hurry, against a USC defense that had 8 sacks in its first four games. Run blocking: 4.3 yards a carry, 6 stuffs on 32 runs, and 1 of 3 on short-yardage runs. Penalties: holding on Addison, holding on Rogers (it wiped out a 33-yard completion to the USC 1 before halftime), a false start on Crader. Our read: the protection is fixed, the short-yardage push is not, and UCLA on Oct 10 is where to look for both.

Why He Came Back

Laloulu returned for his senior season instead of entering the 2026 NFL Draft. In 2025 he allowed one sack in 442 pass-blocking snaps per Pro Football Focus, and none over the final nine games, anchoring a line that was a Joe Moore Award finalist for the third straight year. This season he is on the Outland, Rimington and Lombardi watch lists. Our read: a clean senior year at center, with the Nov 7 trip to Ohio State on the tape, does more for his draft stock than another year of projections.

Watch List for 2026

1

Short yardage: Oregon converted 1 of 3 short-yardage runs at USC. The push up the middle starts with the center.

2

Line calls with a new left guard: four different starters next to him in the first four games (sides from published lineups only).

3

Penalties: the line drew three flags at USC, none on Laloulu.

4

The freshmen: Tommy Tofi and Immanuel Iheanacho both played at USC. Watch how much they play beside him after the bye.

Frequently Asked Questions

Laloulu had NFL Draft stock after a 2025 season in which he was a Rimington Trophy finalist and FWAA first-team All-American, but chose to return for his senior season. With three OL starters departing, he was the anchor of the 2026 offensive line rebuild. He started every game through USC, and Oregon's official box score lists him among the five line starters against UCLA.

Laloulu is the center and the one fixed point. USC's official box score listed the five Oregon linemen who started at USC on Sept 26 as Laloulu, Ziyare Addison, Fox Crader, Dave Iuli and Douglas Utu, without sides. Published lineups for the first three games had Addison at left tackle and Crader at right tackle every week, Iuli at right guard after the opener, and three different starters at left guard. Trent Ferguson is out for the season with a knee injury; see the injury tracker. The current board is on the depth chart.

Every snap of the first two games, 64 against Boise State and 61 at Oklahoma State, then 45 in the 84-0 win over Portland State. USC snap counts had not been published as of Sept 27.

Sources: ESPN box scores; USC Athletics box score; GoDucks.com. This page covers on-field performance and publicly available recruiting data only.

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