Player Career

Kaneakua Friel Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

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

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

  1. 1

    BYU

    2011-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value 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

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

60.3

#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

1

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games