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Profile

  • OL
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Layton, Utah
    Hometown
  • 6'5
    Height
  • 310
    Weight
  • Layton HS
    High School
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Wade Meacham
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Wade Meacham
OL
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Layton, Utah
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS
Academic All-Mountain West (2020, 2021, 2023).

2023 (SENIOR SEASON)
Played in 12 games and made five starts at left guard… Played in 389 snaps during the season and had 13.0 knockdowns… Played a career-high 80 snaps against James Madison (9/23)… Tied his career high with 4.0 knockdowns in the season-opener at No. 25 Iowa (9/2)… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2022 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Started all 13 games at left guard… Played in 702 snaps and graded out at 89 percent… Finished the year with 12 knockdowns and did not allow a single sack all season… Also, did not have any penalties called against him during the season… Played a season-high 88 snaps and graded out at 90 percent against San José State (11/19) … Graded out at a season-best 97 percent against UConn (8/27) as he played 60 snaps and had a career-high six knockdowns… Also graded out at 97 percent on 64 snaps at Colorado State (10/15)… Graded out at 94 percent on 87 snaps at No. 19 BYU (9/29).

2021 (SOPHOMORE SEASON)
Appeared in all 14 games, mostly on special teams... Played 139 snaps along the offensive line over nine games and graded out at 76 percent... Finished the season with five knockdowns... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2020 (COVID SEASON)
Played in four games, mostly on special teams… Saw limited action on the offensive line… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2019 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON)
Appeared in one game during the season as he played 15 snaps against Stony Brook (9/7).

2018 (REDSHIRT)
Redshirted the season as he played in four games and 68 snaps along the offensive line… Played a season-high 33 snaps against New Mexico (10/27)… Played 17 snaps against UNLV (10/13), 10 snaps against New Mexico State (9/8) and eight snaps against Tennessee Tech (9/13).

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned Utah Class 5A Region 1 honorable mention honors at defensive tackle as a prep senior in 2015 at Layton (Utah) High School as he recorded 33 total tackles, which included 2.0 sacks and 5.0 tackles for loss... Averaged 6.0 knockdowns per game as an offensive tackle... Also wrestled at Layton HS and was a divisional qualifier as a junior and senior... An
honor student and three-time Student of the Term recipient at Layton HS, along with being nominated for academic all-state twice.

PERSONAL
One of four children of Rody and Andy Meacham... His father played football at Utah from 1988-91... Served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Singapore... Is married and his wife’s name is Megan, who is a resident athletic trainer for USU… Graduated from Utah State in the spring of 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and earned his master’s degree in business administration in the spring of 2024.... Last name is pronounced Me-chum. 

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