2024 Football Roster

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Kathleen Helman

37 John Opalko

  • Position Kicker/Punter
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Springdale, Pa.
  • Highschool Central Catholic

Biography

2024:
  • Went 9-16 on field goals
  • Long of 43 yards against Cornell
  • 23-26 on PATs
2023:
  • Appeared in 14 games
  • Made 13 field goals on 18 attempts
  • Recorded 319 kickoff yards
  • Converted two field goals against Fordham (08.26)
  • Made two field goals at Hawai’i (09.09)
  • Recorded a season-long field goal of 46 yards at Marshall (09.09) and Hawai’i (09.09)

2022:
  • Appeared in all 11 games
  • Went 8-14 on field goals 
  • Converted on 30 PATs throughout the season 
  • Went 1/1 on field goals and PATs for four points against Baylor (9.03) 
  • Went 1/1 on field goals and 6/6 on PATs for nine points against Fordham (9.17)
  • Went 1/1 on field goals and 6/6 on PATs for nine points against CCSU (9.24) 
  • Went 1/1 on field goals and 4/4 on PATs for seven points against Monmouth (10.08)
  • Went ½ on field goals and 4/4 on PATs for seven points against Hampton (10.15)
  • Went 3/3 on PATs against Villanova (10.22)
  • Went 1/1 on field goals and 6/6 on PATs for 9 points against Stony Brook (10.29)
  • Went 3/3 on PATs against Rhode Island (11.19)
2021: 
  • Appeared in four games
  • Punted eight times for 296 yards 
  • Longest punt of the year was 49 yards at Towson (10/30)
2021s: 
  • Did not accumulate any stats.
High School
  • Lettered four years in football and soccer at Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School
  • Soccer team captain as a junior and senior
  • 11-13 field goals and 48-51 PATs as a senior
  • Five goals with seven assists as a senior
  • 19-22 career field goals and 114-118 career PATs
  • 2019 First Team All-State kicker
  • 2019 Central Catholic Special Teams Player of the Year
  • 2019 First Team All-Conference kicker
  • 2019 First Team All-Conference defender
  • 2018 First Team All-Conference kicker
  • 2017 First Team All-Conference defender
  • 2017 Second Team All-Conference kicker
  • 2016 All-Conference Honorable Mention defender
  • 2019 WPIAL 6A Football champion
  • 2016 WPIAL 6A Football champion
  • Student ambassador and member of My Brother’s Keeper
Personal
  • Johnathan Opalko
  • Son of Edward and Ellen Opalko
  • Has one brother, Edward Jr
  • Majoring in Biochemistry

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 37

    2020-21Freshman

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 155 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2021Freshman

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 161 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2022Freshman

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 175 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2023Junior

    Kicker/Punter
    5'11" 180 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2024Graduate Student

    Kicker/Punter
    5'11" 180 lbs
    37