Usage / Role
89%
Featured defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2018-2021USC
Kana'i Mauga
LB • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Waianae, HI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kana'i Mauga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
89
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
68
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · USC
1819192021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Kana'i Mauga built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Waianae, HI wearing No. 26, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Kana'i Mauga's career was his defensive production: 193...
Read the story4★
- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Kana'i Mauga, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · USC. Kana'i Mauga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 193
- TFL
- 15
- Sacks
- 4
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Kana'i Mauga quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · LB
- Career Tackles
- 193
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Waianae · USC
- High school pipeline
- Waianae · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 92 tackles · LB 76th (top 7%) · Pac-12 5th (top 1%) · National 93rd (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 15.5 |
| 2019 Postseason | USC | 12 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | USC | 12 | 55 | 7 | 3 | - | 2 | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | USC | 5 | 30 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 30.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 12 | 92 | 5.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 60.5 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Kana'i Mauga
Kana'i Mauga played LB for USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kana'i Mauga recorded 193 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
USC paired 9.5 primary output with 39.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 39.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2021 Regular Season · USC
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
39.2
Usage
11.4
Consistency
34.9
Best Game by takeover score
Washington State
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. San José State: 0. Stanford: 0. Washington State: 3. Oregon State: 0. Colorado: 1. Utah: 2. Notre Dame: 1. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 0.5. UCLA: 0.5. BYU: 1.5. California: 0
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San José State: 4 by 16.7. Stanford: 4 by 16.7. Washington State: 4 by 46.7. Oregon State: 6 by 25. Colorado: 8 by 43.3. Utah: 11 by 65.8. Notre Dame: 7 by 39.2. Arizona: 10 by 41.7. Arizona State: 11 by 50.8. UCLA: 14 by 55. BYU: 9 by 52.5. California: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Washington State
Best efficiency game
65.8 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/5 | @ California | L 14-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/28 | vs BYU | L 31-35 | 9 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs UCLA10+ tackles | L 33-62 | 14 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/7 | @ Arizona State10+ tackles | L 16-31 | 11 | 10 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Arizona10+ tackles | W 41-34 | 10 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Notre Dame | L 16-31 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/10 | vs Utah10+ tackles · Splash game | L 26-42 | 11 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Colorado | W 37-14 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | vs Oregon State | L 27-45 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Washington StateSplash game | W 45-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/12 | vs Stanford | L 28-42 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs San José State | W 30-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kana'i Mauga story
Kana'i Mauga built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Waianae, HI wearing No. 26, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Kana'i Mauga's career was his defensive production: 193 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with USC. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kana'i Mauga's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across USC.
The arc is straightforward: Kana'i Mauga 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
USC
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 3 | 13.4 | 1.8 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | USC | 13 | 31 | 7.8 | 10 |
| 2019 Regular Season | USC | 13 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | USC | 2.5 | 28.3 | 7.4 | -10.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 9.5 | 39.2 | 11.4 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arizona
Week 8 · W 41-14 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#2
vs UCLA
Week 13 · W 52-35 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Oregon
Week 16 · L 24-31 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Washington State
Week 3 · W 45-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Utah
Week 6 · L 26-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · USC
9.5 primary output · 39.2 efficiency · 11.4 usage
60.5
#2
2019 Postseason · USC
54.3
13 primary · 31 efficiency · 7.8 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · USC
54.3
13 primary · 31 efficiency · 7.8 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
6
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Kana'i Mauga
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.