Player Dossier

2019-2021

Hawai'i

Kai Kaneshiro

DB • 6'2" • 180 lbs • Honolulu, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kai Kaneshiro shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.3

Efficiency

25

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

13.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Hawai'i
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Kai Kaneshiro, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i. Kai Kaneshiro shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Hawai'i paired 5 primary output with 25 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 25 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: Unknown

Game with 2 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 · Hawai'i

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

25

Usage

4.3

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

UNLV

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 2. Oregon State: 0. San José State: 1. New Mexico State: 0. Fresno State: 0. Nevada: 1. New Mexico State: 0. Utah State: 1. San Diego State: 0. UNLV: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 6 by 45. Oregon State: 4 by 16.7. San José State: 3 by 22.5. New Mexico State: 5 by 20.8. Fresno State: 3 by 12.5. Nevada: 5 by 30.8. New Mexico State: 3 by 12.5. Utah State: 7 by 39.2. San Diego State: 7 by 29.2. UNLV: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Wins0 · n=3 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · n=6 · +0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · n=5 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · n=5 · -0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

45 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 11/13@ UNLVL 13-2751000
Sun 11/7vs San Diego StateL 10-1776000
Sat 10/30@ Utah StateL 31-5173001
Sun 10/24vs New Mexico StateW 48-3432000
Sun 10/17@ NevadaL 17-3455001
Sun 10/3vs Fresno StateW 27-2433000
Sun 9/26@ New Mexico StateW 41-2152000
Sun 9/19vs San José StateL 13-17330010
Sun 9/12@ Oregon StateL 27-4542000
Sun 9/5vs Unknown62002

Career Arc

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

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    Hawai'i

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonHawai'i415.75
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i415.750
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i116.93.6-3
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i5254.34

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#2

Boise State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.1 takeover score.

#3

Boise State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.1 takeover score.

#4

Arizona

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.4 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i

5 primary output · 25 efficiency · 4.3 usage

13.2

#2

2019 Postseason · Hawai'i

10.5

4 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Hawai'i

10.5

4 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7742

St. Louis · HONOLULU, HI

Committed To
Hawai'i
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

106

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 28 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Kai Kaneshiro quick answers

Recruiting profile

2-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
106