Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Hawai'i
Jonah Kahahawai-Welch
DL • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Kailua, HI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jonah Kahahawai-Welch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Hawai'i
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Jonah Kahahawai-Welch built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Kailua, HI wearing No. 6, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of Jonah Kahahawai-Welch's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Hawai'i
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Jonah Kahahawai-Welch, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i. Jonah Kahahawai-Welch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 53
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Jonah Kahahawai-Welch quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Hawai'i · DL
- Career Tackles
- 53
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kamehameha · Hawai'i
- High school pipeline
- Kamehameha · 32 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · DL 275th (top 28%) · Mountain West 147th (top 28%) · National 1,707th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 13 | 26 | 7.5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 59.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 47.1 |
Related Context
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Jonah Kahahawai-Welch played DL for Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jonah Kahahawai-Welch recorded 53 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Hawai'i.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Hawai'i paired 16.5 primary output with 21 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Hawai'i
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
16.8
Usage
7.2
Consistency
59.7
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 1. Vanderbilt: 0. UAlbany: 0. New Mexico State: 1.5. UNLV: 0. San Diego State: 1. New Mexico: 1. San José State: 2. Nevada: 1. Wyoming: 1. Colorado State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stanford: 5 by 30.8. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. UAlbany: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 19.2. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. San Diego State: 4 by 26.7. New Mexico: 4 by 26.7. San José State: 1 by 24.2. Nevada: 2 by 18.3. Wyoming: 2 by 18.3. Colorado State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | vs Colorado State | W 27-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Wyoming | L 9-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Nevada | W 27-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | vs San José StateSplash game | L 0-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ New Mexico | L 21-42 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | vs San Diego State | L 34-41 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ UNLV | L 20-44 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/24 | vs New Mexico State | W 20-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs UAlbany | W 31-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Stanford | L 24-37 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/26 | @ Vanderbilt | L 28-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jonah Kahahawai-Welch story
Jonah Kahahawai-Welch built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Kailua, HI wearing No. 6, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of Jonah Kahahawai-Welch's career was his defensive production: 53 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Jonah Kahahawai-Welch's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Hawai'i
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 1 | 7.5 | 3 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 16.5 | 21 | 9.2 | 16.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 8.5 | 16.8 | 7.2 | -8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 12 · W 31-25 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
vs San José State
Week 9 · L 0-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Nevada
Week 7 · W 31-16 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Wyoming
Week 9 · L 20-27 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Stanford
Week 1 · L 24-37
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Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i
16.5 primary output · 21 efficiency · 9.2 usage
59.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · Hawai'i
47.1
8.5 primary · 16.8 efficiency · 7.2 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Hawai'i
12.3
1 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 3 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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