Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2019Nebraska
Kanawai Noa
WR • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Honolulu, HI, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Kanawai Noa reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- California • Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Player Story
Kanawai Noa built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 9, spending time with California and Nebraska. The clearest part of Kanawai Noa's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Texas A&M
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Kanawai Noa, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · California. Kanawai Noa reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,496
- Receptions
- 111
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Kanawai Noa quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,496
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Oregon
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · El Campo · Texas A&M
- High school pipeline
- El Campo · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 245 receiving yards · WR 443rd (top 44%) · Big Ten 53rd (top 25%) · National 542nd (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 7 | 7 | 76 | 0 | 25.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 3 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 11 | 56 | 788 | 4 | 80.7 |
| 2018 Postseason | California | 8 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 62.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 8 | 26 | 310 | 2 | 62.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 8 | 17 | 245 | 2 | 51 |
Related Context
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Kanawai Noa played WR for California and Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kanawai Noa recorded 11 rushing yards, 1,496 receiving yards, and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
California paired 788 primary output with 81.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 69.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across California, Nebraska.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Loss 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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2019 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
30.6
Efficiency
69.7
Usage
14.6
Consistency
54.3
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 0. Northern Illinois: 51. Illinois: 5. Ohio State: 5. Northwestern: 13. Indiana: 52. Purdue: 47. Wisconsin: 72
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. Northern Illinois: 3 by 100. Illinois: 1 by 33.3. Ohio State: 1 by 33.3. Northwestern: 2 by 43.3. Indiana: 3 by 100. Purdue: 4 by 78.3. Wisconsin: 3 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins23 · Games = 3 · -12.2 vs Losses
Losses35.2 · Games = 5 · +12.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
100 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/16 | vs Wisconsin | L 21-37 | — | 3 | 72 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Purdue | L 27-31 | — | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 11.80 | 0 | 34 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Indiana | L 31-38 | — | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 17.30 | 1 | 24 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Northwestern | W 13-10 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Ohio State | L 7-48 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sun 9/22 | @ Illinois | W 42-38 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Northern Illinois | W 44-8 | — | 3 | 51 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Colorado | L 31-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Kanawai Noa story
Kanawai Noa built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 9, spending time with California and Nebraska. The clearest part of Kanawai Noa's career was his receiving role: 111 catches, 1,496 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, and 11 rushing yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with California. 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. His career also includes 11 rushing yards, 6 tackles, and 109 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California and Nebraska.
The arc is straightforward: Kanawai Noa 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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- 1
California
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Nebraska
2019
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 76 | 58.3 | 5.3 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 34 | 76.7 | 3.8 | -42 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 788 | 81.9 | 21.2 | 754 |
| 2018 Postseason | California | 353 | 76.6 | 18 | -435 |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 353 | 76.6 | 18 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 245 | 69.7 | 14.6 | -108 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oregon
Week 5 · L 24-45 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
126
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
126 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ BYU
Week 2 · W 21-18
93
Receiving Yards
94 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
93 receiving yards with a 88.6 efficiency score.
#3
vs USC
Week 4 · L 20-30 · Conference game
110
Receiving Yards
92.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
110 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 12 · L 21-37 · Conference game
72
Receiving Yards
92.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
72 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Oregon State
Week 8 · W 49-7 · Conference game
73
Receiving Yards
91.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
73 receiving yards with a 97.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · California
788 primary output · 81.9 efficiency · 21.2 usage
80.7
#2
2018 Postseason · California
62.2
353 primary · 76.6 efficiency · 18 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · California
62.2
353 primary · 76.6 efficiency · 18 usage
Milestones
3
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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