Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2013BYU
Kaneakua Friel
TE • 6'5" • Kaneohe, HI, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Kaneakua Friel reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
29
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Kaneakua Friel built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a tight end from Kaneohe, HI wearing No. 82, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Kaneakua Friel's career was his receiving role: 48 catches,...
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- Committed To
- BYU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2007
Kaneakua Friel, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · BYU. Kaneakua Friel reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 491
- Receptions
- 48
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Kaneakua Friel quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 491
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · BYU
- Top game
- Washington State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kamehameha · BYU
- High school pipeline
- Kamehameha · 32 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 82 · Class 2013
- 2013 Receiving yards rank
- 128 receiving yards · TE 105th (top 35%) · FBS Independents 30th (top 35%) · National 766th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | BYU | 4 | 7 | 55 | 1 | 43 |
| 2012 Regular Season | BYU | 9 | 30 | 308 | 5 | 60.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | BYU | 5 | 11 | 128 | 1 | 52.5 |
Related Context
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Kaneakua Friel played TE for BYU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kaneakua Friel recorded 491 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with BYU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
BYU paired 308 primary output with 55.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 69.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2013 Regular Season · BYU
Games
5
Receiving Yards / G
25.6
Efficiency
69.1
Usage
10.8
Consistency
63.2
Best Game by takeover score
Boise State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Houston: 24. Boise State: 53. Wisconsin: 22. Notre Dame: 11. Nevada: 18
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Houston: 1 by 100. Boise State: 3 by 100. Wisconsin: 3 by 48.9. Notre Dame: 2 by 36.7. Nevada: 2 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins31.7 · Games = 3 · +15.2 vs Losses
Losses16.5 · Games = 2 · -15.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Boise State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Boise State
Player Story
Kaneakua Friel story
Kaneakua Friel built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a tight end from Kaneohe, HI wearing No. 82, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Kaneakua Friel's career was his receiving role: 48 catches, 491 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with BYU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across BYU.
The arc is straightforward: Kaneakua Friel moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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BYU
2011-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201120122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | BYU | 55 | 56.1 | 8.2 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | BYU | 308 | 55.8 | 14.2 | 253 |
| 2013 Regular Season | BYU | 128 | 69.1 | 10.8 | -180 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Washington State
Week 1 · W 30-6
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
101
Receiving Yards
92.3 takeover
101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Utah
Week 3 · L 21-24
64
Receiving Yards
82.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
64 receiving yards with a 85.3 efficiency score.
#3
vs Boise State
Week 9 · W 37-20
53
Receiving Yards
79 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs New Mexico State
Week 12 · W 42-7
20
Receiving Yards
66.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Utah State
Week 6 · W 6-3
53
Receiving Yards
64.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
53 receiving yards with a 70.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · BYU
308 primary output · 55.8 efficiency · 14.2 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · BYU
52.5
128 primary · 69.1 efficiency · 10.8 usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · BYU
43
55 primary · 56.1 efficiency · 8.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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