Player Dossier

2011-2013

BYU

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.

Usage Score

10.8

Efficiency

69.1

Consistency

63.2

Season Value

46

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Kaneakua Friel, TE. Best season Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season · BYU. Kaneakua Friel reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

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.

Analysis workspace

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

Nevada

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Active game

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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
First Half33 · Games = 3 · +18.5 vs Second Half
Second Half14.5 · Games = 2 · -18.5 vs First Half

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

Result
Sat 11/30@ NevadaW 28-2321899110
Sat 11/23@ Notre DameL 13-232115.55.50011
Sat 11/9@ WisconsinL 17-273227.37.30012
Sat 10/26vs Boise StateW 37-2035317.717.70022
Sat 10/19@ HoustonW 47-461242424024

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    BYU

    2011-2013

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonBYU5556.18.2
2012 Regular SeasonBYU30855.814.2253
2013 Regular SeasonBYU12869.110.8-180

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Washington State

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

101

Primary metric

101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

Boise State

53

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

Utah

64

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

64 receiving yards with a 85.3 efficiency score.

#4

New Mexico State

20

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#5

Houston

24

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

24 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2012 Regular Season · BYU

308 primary output · 55.8 efficiency · 14.2 usage

51.5

#2

2013 Regular Season · BYU

46

128 primary · 69.1 efficiency · 10.8 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · BYU

38.2

55 primary · 56.1 efficiency · 8.2 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2007 · Rating 0.8111

Kamehameha · Honolulu, HI

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

491

Career Receiving Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 18 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.