Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

MSU Athletics

The official site of midwestern state university athletics midwestern state university athletics

2016 Football Roster

71 Joel Onyia

  • Position Offensive Lineman
  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 305
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • Prev School San Marcos HS
  • Major Business Finance

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Awards
Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Super Region Four (1)
2016 (3rd)
All-Lone Star Conference (2)
2015 (HM), 2016 (1st)
24 Strong Teammate of the Year (2)
2015-16, 2016-17

Senior (2016)
started each of MSU's 11 games at right guard... earned first-team All-Lone Star Conference honors... led an offensive line unit that paved the way for the second-best rushing attack in the LSC while ranking 37th nationally at 196.1 yards per game while limiting opposing defenses to 5.1 tackles for loss a game -- second in the LSC and 38th in NCAA Division II... MSU permitted just 11 sacks all season...

Junior (2015)
played in six games making six starts at right guard... garnered All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention... started first game of the season against Truman State, missed the next five games due to injury before returning for the final six contests of the season... instrumental part of an offensive line unit which paved the way for the LSC third-best rushing attack (191.4 yard per game), sixth best passing attack (208.7 yards per game) and No. 7 total offense (400.1 yards per game... named Best Teammate by his peers at the 2016 MSU Athletic Awards Banquet...

Sophomore (2014)
started each of MSU's 10 games at right guard... key member of an offensive line unit which paved the way for NCAA Division II's 13th-best offensive attack averaging 493.7 yards per game and was 19th in scoring at 38.9 points per game... MSU's ground and pound churned out 274.5 rushing yards per game to rate ninth in NCAA Division II... line unit helped MSU offense churn out 300 rushing yards four times in 2014 including a season-high 383 yards against McMurry (10/18)...

Redshirt Freshman (2013)
played in nine games on the offensive line for the Mustangs, starting the last five at right guard... helped pave the way for All-American running back Keidrick Jackson who led the LSC with 1,177 yards and a 117.7 yard average... proved his worth on the offensive line that pushed Midwestern to leading the Lone Star Conference and ranking 10th in Division II in rushing offense with 261.9 yards a game... helped the MSU O-Line rank second in the LSC and 36th nationally by allowing just 1.30 quarterback sacks a contest... cleared the way up front as the Mustangs posted their second-best rushing attack in school history with 476 yards against McMurry... blocked the way for MSU to tally 668 yards of total offense against McMurry, the sixth-best offensive performance on record... also opened the holes that allowed MSU to collect 412 rushing yards against Menlo (Calif.)... aided the Mustangs offense to rank second in the Lone Star Conference and 20th in NCAA II in scoring offense, averaging 39.2 points a game...

Freshman (2012)
served redshirt season...

At San Marcos High School
an honorable mention All-district 25-5A selection on the offensive line for coach James Chase at SMHS... tallied 47 pancake blocks his senior season... a member of the National Honor Society and an Academic All-District pick...

Personal
son of Joel and Doris Onyia... born June 7, 1994...

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

    Offensive Lineman
    6'3" 310 lbs
  • 71

    2013Freshman

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 295 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2014Sophomore

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 295 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2015Junior

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 305 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2016Senior

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 305 lbs
    71