
Trace Emola brings Swiss-army-knife reliability to UTPB’s special teams
In the 2025 season, Trace Emola earned First-Team All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference honors as a long snapper at Kilgore College, then arrived at Texas Permian Basin as a redshirt sophomore and immediate special-teams piece for the Falcons in 2026. He’s the kind of specialist coaches love: compact, steady, and assignment-clean, with snap consistency and enough versatility to show up in multiple kicking situations. If you need a dependable long snapper who can handle pressure without drama, Emola looks like a smart fit.