Player Dossier

2019-2023

Hawai'i

Kaulana Makaula

DB • 6'2" • 210 lbs • Kailua, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kaulana Makaula shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

29

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

35

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
USC • Hawai'i
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Player Story

Kaulana Makaula built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Kailua, HI wearing No. 19, spending time with Hawai'i and USC. The clearest part of Kaulana Makaula's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8628

University Lab · Baton Rouge, LA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Kaulana Makaula, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · USC. Kaulana Makaula shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
30
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Kaulana Makaula quick answers

Latest team and position
Hawai'i · DB
Career Tackles
30
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · USC
Top game
Colorado
Recruit profile
3-star · University Lab
High school pipeline
University Lab · 20 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 19 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUSC36-0-2048.3
2020 Regular SeasonUSC10-0-1040
2021 Regular SeasonUSC33-01-021.3
2022 Regular SeasonHawai'i721-0-1022.5
2023 Regular SeasonHawai'i00-0--0-

Related Context

Kaulana Makaula played DB for USC and Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kaulana Makaula recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Hawai'i.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

USC paired 2 primary output with 15 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Hawai'i.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

13.9

Usage

2.5

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 0. Michigan: 1. Duquesne: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Colorado State: 0. Wyoming: 0. Fresno State: 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.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Vanderbilt: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Duquesne: 7 by 29.2. New Mexico State: 2 by 8.3. Colorado State: 2 by 8.3. Wyoming: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

29.2 vs Duquesne

Result
Sun 11/6@ Fresno StateL 13-5551000
Sun 10/30vs WyomingL 20-2711000
Sat 10/22@ Colorado StateL 13-1721000
Sun 9/25@ New Mexico StateL 26-4522000
Sun 9/18vs DuquesneW 24-1474000
Sun 9/11@ MichiganL 10-5622001
Sun 8/28vs VanderbiltL 10-6322000

Player Story

Kaulana Makaula story

Kaulana Makaula built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Kailua, HI wearing No. 19, spending time with Hawai'i and USC. The clearest part of Kaulana Makaula's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles and 4 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 17 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kaulana Makaula'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. 1

    USC

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Hawai'i

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUSC2151.6
2020 Regular SeasonUSC1100-1
2021 Regular SeasonUSC17.520
2022 Regular SeasonHawai'i113.92.50
2023 Regular SeasonHawai'i0-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Colorado

Week 5 · W 37-14 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

50 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#2

vs Arizona

Week 8 · W 41-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Michigan

Week 2 · L 10-56

1

Havoc Plays

45.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

#4

@ California

Week 12 · W 41-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

45 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#5

vs Oregon

Week 16 · L 24-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · USC

2 primary output · 15 efficiency · 1.6 usage

48.3

#2

2020 Regular Season · USC

40

1 primary · 10 efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i

22.5

1 primary · 13.9 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games