Player Dossier

2021-2025

New Mexico

Randolph Kpai

DT • 6'2" • 219 lbs • Sioux Falls, SD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Randolph Kpai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

18

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

20

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Nebraska • New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Player Story

Randolph Kpai built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Sioux Falls, SD wearing No. 33, spending time with Nebraska and New Mexico. The clearest part of Randolph Kpai's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9079

Washington · Sioux Falls, SD

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Randolph Kpai, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico. Randolph Kpai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
90
TFL
4.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Randolph Kpai quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · DT
Career Tackles
90
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
Top game
San Diego State
Recruit profile
4-star · Washington · Nebraska
High school pipeline
Washington · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 33 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
10 tackles · DT 153rd (top 66%) · Mountain West 247th (top 47%) · National 2,979th (top 48%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonNebraska00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico12804.5153063.1
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico410-0--042.1

Related Context

Randolph Kpai played DT for Nebraska and New Mexico. Across 5 tracked seasons, Randolph Kpai recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

New Mexico paired 13.5 primary output with 36.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 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 Nebraska, New Mexico.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

10.4

Usage

1.9

Consistency

100

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. Michigan: 0. UCLA: 0. San José State: 0. UNLV: 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. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 2 by 8.3. San José State: 5 by 20.8. UNLV: 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 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San José State

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs San José State

Result
Sat 11/1@ UNLVW 40-3510000
Sat 10/4@ San José StateL 28-3553000
Sat 9/13@ UCLAW 35-1021000
Sat 8/30@ MichiganL 17-3422000

Player Story

Randolph Kpai story

Randolph Kpai built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Sioux Falls, SD wearing No. 33, spending time with Nebraska and New Mexico. The clearest part of Randolph Kpai's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with New Mexico. 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 Randolph Kpai's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska and New Mexico.

The arc is straightforward: Randolph Kpai 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. 1

    Nebraska

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2022 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico13.536.311.413.5
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico010.41.9-13.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San Diego State

Week 11 · W 21-16 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ New Mexico State

Week 5 · W 50-40

3

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Hawai'i

Week 14 · L 30-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Montana State

Week 1 · L 31-35

2

Havoc Plays

56.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Air Force

Week 7 · W 52-37 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · New Mexico

13.5 primary output · 36.3 efficiency · 11.4 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

42.1

0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 1.9 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Nebraska

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

4

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games