Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Oregon
Kaulana Apelu
ILB • 5'11" • 204 lbs • Aiea, HI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kaulana Apelu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
89
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Oregon
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Player Story
Kaulana Apelu built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as an inside linebacker from Aiea, HI wearing No. 39, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Kaulana Apelu's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyKaulana Apelu, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Oregon. Kaulana Apelu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 113
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Kaulana Apelu quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon · ILB
- Career Tackles
- 113
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Oregon
- Top game
- San José State
- Latest roster
- No. 39 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 65 tackles · ILB 10th (top 42%) · Pac-12 24th (top 5%) · National 357th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Oregon | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Oregon | 7 | 28 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oregon | 5 | 20 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 39.8 |
| 2018 Postseason | Oregon | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 65.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Oregon | 10 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 65.6 |
Related Context
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Kaulana Apelu played ILB for Oregon. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kaulana Apelu recorded 113 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Oregon.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Oregon paired 14 primary output with 40.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 40.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Oregon
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
40.3
Usage
9.9
Consistency
40
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 1. Bowling Green: 1. Portland State: 3. San José State: 4. Stanford: 2. California: 1. Washington: 2. Washington State: 0. Arizona: 0. UCLA: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan State: 7 by 39.2. Bowling Green: 6 by 35. Portland State: 7 by 59.2. San José State: 6 by 65. Stanford: 5 by 40.8. California: 6 by 35. Washington: 7 by 49.2. Washington State: 14 by 50. Arizona: 3 by 12.5. UCLA: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.7 · Games = 7 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -1.0 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
65 vs San José State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/31 | vs Michigan State | W 7-6 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs UCLA | W 42-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/28 | @ Arizona | L 15-44 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Washington State10+ tackles | L 20-34 | 14 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs WashingtonSplash game | W 30-27 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/30 | @ California | W 42-24 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/23 | vs StanfordSplash game | L 31-38 | 5 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs San José StateSplash game | W 35-22 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Portland StateSplash game | W 62-14 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/2 | vs Bowling Green | W 58-24 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kaulana Apelu story
Kaulana Apelu built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as an inside linebacker from Aiea, HI wearing No. 39, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Kaulana Apelu's career was his defensive production: 113 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Kaulana Apelu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Oregon
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Oregon | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Oregon | 4 | 22.4 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oregon | 4.5 | 25.7 | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | Oregon | 14 | 40.3 | 9.9 | 9.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Oregon | 14 | 40.3 | 9.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San José State
Week 3 · W 35-22
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Portland State
Week 2 · W 62-14
3
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Washington
Week 7 · W 30-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Stanford
Week 4 · L 31-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Arizona State
Week 9 · W 54-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Oregon
14 primary output · 40.3 efficiency · 9.9 usage
65.6
#2
2018 Regular Season · Oregon
65.6
14 primary · 40.3 efficiency · 9.9 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Oregon
39.8
4.5 primary · 25.7 efficiency · 5.3 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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