Player Dossier

2020-2024

Hawai'i

Meki Pei

DB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Honolulu, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Meki Pei shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

23

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

33

Limited ceiling signals so far

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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
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Washington • Hawai'i
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Meki Pei built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 7, spending time with Hawai'i and Washington. The clearest part of Meki Pei's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8

Iolani · Honolulu, HI

Committed To
Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Meki Pei, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i. Meki Pei shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
116
TFL
8.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Meki Pei quick answers

Latest team and position
Hawai'i · DB
Career Tackles
116
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
3-star · Iolani · Washington
High school pipeline
Iolani · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
22 tackles · DB 427th (top 44%) · Mountain West 164th (top 31%) · National 1,902nd (top 32%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonWashington00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonWashington00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonHawai'i10515.51.5-3065.4
2023 Regular SeasonHawai'i114330.511036.5
2024 Regular SeasonHawai'i822-0-1011.3

Related Context

Meki Pei played DB for Washington and Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, Meki Pei recorded 116 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 10 primary output with 31.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 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 Washington, Hawai'i.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

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

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2024 Regular Season · Hawai'i

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

12.7

Usage

2.2

Consistency

4.2

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. Northern Iowa: 0. Boise State: 0. Washington State: 0. Nevada: 0. Fresno State: 0. UNLV: 1. Utah State: 0. New Mexico: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. Washington State: 5 by 20.8. Nevada: 6 by 25. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 1 by 14.2. Utah State: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UNLV

Best efficiency game

25 vs Nevada

Result
Sun 12/1vs New MexicoW 38-3032000
Sat 11/16@ Utah StateL 10-5520000
Sun 11/10vs UNLVL 27-2910001
Sat 11/2@ Fresno StateW 21-2010000
Sun 10/27vs NevadaW 34-1366000
Sat 10/19@ Washington StateL 10-4253000
Sun 10/13vs Boise StateL 7-2820000
Sun 9/22vs Northern IowaW 36-722000

Player Story

Meki Pei story

Meki Pei built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 7, spending time with Hawai'i and Washington. The clearest part of Meki Pei's career was his defensive production: 116 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Hawai'i. 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 Meki Pei's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Hawai'i and Washington.

The arc is straightforward: Meki Pei 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

    Washington

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Hawai'i

    2022-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonWashington0
2021 Regular SeasonWashington00
2022 Regular SeasonHawai'i1031.29.310
2023 Regular SeasonHawai'i5.521.36.5-4.5
2024 Regular SeasonHawai'i112.72.2-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah State

Week 11 · L 34-41 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#2

@ New Mexico State

Week 4 · L 26-45

2

Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Nevada

Week 10 · W 27-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Air Force

Week 11 · W 27-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#5

@ San José State

Week 13 · L 14-27 · Conference game

1

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

10 primary output · 31.2 efficiency · 9.3 usage

65.4

#2

2023 Regular Season · Hawai'i

36.5

5.5 primary · 21.3 efficiency · 6.5 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Hawai'i

11.3

1 primary · 12.7 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games