2022 Football Roster
Roster
Onate, Frankie

Jersey Number 48
Frankie Onate
- Position:
- K/P
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- Previous School:
- South Alabama
- High School:
- Trinity Christian Academy
Bio
2022: Played in two games for the Skyhawks on special teams…Helped team to OVC Championship…Went 0-for-2 on field goal attempts…Converted 6-of-6 point after attempts…Tallied four kickoffs for 190 yards…Averaged 47.5 yards per kickoff attempt.
BEFORE UTM: Joins the Skyhawks after spending five seasons at South Alabama, playing most recently for head coach Kane Wommack...Saw action in 19 contests during his tenure...Scored 38 career points...Made all 17 extra-point attempts...Did not see action in 2020 or 2021...Played in 11 contests in 2019, scoring 38 points on seven field goals and 17 extra points...Made 7-of-12 field goal attempts (58.3 percent)...Booted a season-long 45-yard attempt against Georgia Southern (Oct. 3)...Converted 6-of-8 field goal attempts from within 39 yards...Connected on career-best two field goal at Troy (Oct. 16) in the program's annual "Battle For The Belt"...Converted a career-high four extra-point attempts at Texas State (Nov. 9)...Redshirted the 2018 season...Played in eight contests in 2017 as a true freshman...Averaged 58 yards on 21 kickoffs with a pair of touchbacks...Made his collegiate debut against No. 10 Oklahoma State (Sept. 8)...Finished with a season-best 64.5 average after a pair of kickoffs in victory over Troy in the “Battle For The Belt”...Kicked off a career-high seven times, recording two touchdowns, in Homecoming defeat of ULM...Prepped at Trinity Christian Academy...Part of a Conquerors team that went 34-4 (89.5%) his final three years on varsity...Was 8-of-13 on field goal attempts...Converted 63-of-64 point-after-attempts...Nailed a 52-yard field goal on the way to a state 3A state championship...Won back-back-to-back state championships as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
PERSONAL: Born on March 27, 1999...Son of Ram and Cheryl Onate...Has three siblings...Earned his undergraduate degree in exercise science from South Alabama in December of 2020...Currently pursuing a master's degree in exercise science.
BEFORE UTM: Joins the Skyhawks after spending five seasons at South Alabama, playing most recently for head coach Kane Wommack...Saw action in 19 contests during his tenure...Scored 38 career points...Made all 17 extra-point attempts...Did not see action in 2020 or 2021...Played in 11 contests in 2019, scoring 38 points on seven field goals and 17 extra points...Made 7-of-12 field goal attempts (58.3 percent)...Booted a season-long 45-yard attempt against Georgia Southern (Oct. 3)...Converted 6-of-8 field goal attempts from within 39 yards...Connected on career-best two field goal at Troy (Oct. 16) in the program's annual "Battle For The Belt"...Converted a career-high four extra-point attempts at Texas State (Nov. 9)...Redshirted the 2018 season...Played in eight contests in 2017 as a true freshman...Averaged 58 yards on 21 kickoffs with a pair of touchbacks...Made his collegiate debut against No. 10 Oklahoma State (Sept. 8)...Finished with a season-best 64.5 average after a pair of kickoffs in victory over Troy in the “Battle For The Belt”...Kicked off a career-high seven times, recording two touchdowns, in Homecoming defeat of ULM...Prepped at Trinity Christian Academy...Part of a Conquerors team that went 34-4 (89.5%) his final three years on varsity...Was 8-of-13 on field goal attempts...Converted 63-of-64 point-after-attempts...Nailed a 52-yard field goal on the way to a state 3A state championship...Won back-back-to-back state championships as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
PERSONAL: Born on March 27, 1999...Son of Ram and Cheryl Onate...Has three siblings...Earned his undergraduate degree in exercise science from South Alabama in December of 2020...Currently pursuing a master's degree in exercise science.
Skyhawk Sports Talk - Season 3, Episode 3
Tuesday, September 09
FB: UTEP Postgame Press Conference
Sunday, September 07
Skyhawk Sports Talk - Season 3, Episode 2
Tuesday, September 02
FB: Oklahoma State Postgame Press Conference
Friday, August 29