Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2019Utah
Keala Santiago
DB • 5'11" • 207 lbs • Hau'ula, HI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Keala Santiago shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Utah
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Hawai'i • Utah
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Carolina
Player Story
Keala Santiago built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a defensive back from Hau'ula, HI wearing No. 30, spending time with Hawai'i and Utah. The clearest part of Keala Santiago's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Hawai'i
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Keala Santiago, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Utah. Keala Santiago shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 38
- TFL
- 2
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Keala Santiago quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah · DB
- Career Tackles
- 38
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Utah
- Top game
- Western Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kahuku · Hawai'i
- High school pipeline
- Kahuku · 81 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Junior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DB 871st (top 96%) · Pac-12 486th (top 92%) · National 5,422nd (top 91%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 11 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 24.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Utah | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
Related Context
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Keala Santiago played DB for Hawai'i and Utah. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keala Santiago recorded 38 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Hawai'i.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Utah paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Hawai'i, Utah.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Utah
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Oregon
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/7 | @ Oregon | L 15-37 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Keala Santiago story
Keala Santiago built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a defensive back from Hau'ula, HI wearing No. 30, spending time with Hawai'i and Utah. The clearest part of Keala Santiago's career was his defensive production: 38 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Keala Santiago's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Hawai'i
2015-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Utah
2019
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 3 | 10.8 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 2 | 11.7 | 2 | -1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Carolina
Week 1 · W 41-18
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Nevada
Week 5 · W 38-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.
#3
vs UT Martin
Week 2 · W 41-36
1
Havoc Plays
23.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.3 takeover score.
#4
@ UNLV
Week 10 · L 23-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
22.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 22.2 takeover score.
#5
vs San José State
Week 7 · W 37-26 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Utah
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
37
#2
2016 Regular Season · Hawai'i
34.4
3 primary · 10.8 efficiency · 2.1 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Hawai'i
24.6
2 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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