Leo Pulalasi: 2025 Athlete profile

Running back achieved 300 yards in 2024

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen Editor-in-Chief

May 29, 2025

Running back Leo Pulalasi walks onto Gesa Field at Martin Stadium for spring scrimmages.

Leo Pulalasi is a redshirt sophomore who earned a spot in the Cougars’ running back rotation and went for over 300 yards in 2024.

Pulalsi grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and played football at Lakes High School. He scored 18 touchdowns and rushed for 931 yards as a junior, then improved to score 26 touchdowns in his senior year. He was an All-State selection with over 1,000 all-purpose yards to his name and was ranked by ESPN and 247Sports as a three-star prospect. 247Sports ranked him as the No. 38 athlete prospect in the country in 2023.

Pulalasi played two games in 2023, and was able to utilize a redshirt. In his freshman season, he amounted 105 yards, averaging 5.8 yards per attempt. He also caught two passes for 14 yards.

In 2024, Pulalasi broke out into the running back rotation. He appeared in 13 games, rushing for 302 yards and two touchdowns. He averaged 4.6 yards per attempt and 23.2 yards per game. Pulalasi also caught eight passes for 54 yards.

About the Contributors

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen Editor-in-Chief

Levi is a sophomore studying Multimedia Journalism, Broadcast News, and Advertising at Washington State University. He serves as sports co-editor, and is the beat writer for the men’s basketball team and both men’s and women’s golf teams. He loves the Mariners, Seahawks, Kraken, and Cougars!

SYDNEY REID, Photographer

Sydney Reid is a photographer and life reporter for The Daily Evergreen, beginning in the Fall 2024. She is a second-year broadcast production major from Happy Valley, Oregon. Sydney also directs CougZone at Cable 8 productions and is a student announcer and social media coordinator at NWPB.