Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Old Dominion
Koa Naotala
LB • 5'11" • 222 lbs • Newport News, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
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Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
75
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Old Dominion
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Player Story
Koa Naotala built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Newport News, VA wearing No. 10, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Koa Naotala's career was his defensive...
Read the storyKoa Naotala, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion. Koa Naotala shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 116
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Koa Naotala quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Old Dominion · LB
- Career Tackles
- 116
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
- Top game
- Western Kentucky
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Old Dominion | 7 | 14 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 12 | 87 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 66.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Koa Naotala played LB for Old Dominion. Across 4 tracked seasons, Koa Naotala recorded 116 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Old Dominion.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Old Dominion paired 14 primary output with 39.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 39.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
39.8
Usage
8.5
Consistency
54.2
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 2. East Carolina: 1. Virginia Tech: 2.5. Bowling Green: 2.5. Coastal Carolina: 0. Georgia State: 0. Texas State: 1. Georgia Southern: 0. App State: 1. James Madison: 1. Marshall: 0. Arkansas State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 7 by 49.2. East Carolina: 18 by 60. Virginia Tech: 7 by 54.2. Bowling Green: 9 by 62.5. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3. Texas State: 5 by 30.8. Georgia Southern: 5 by 20.8. App State: 5 by 30.8. James Madison: 11 by 55.8. Marshall: 12 by 50. Arkansas State: 3 by 42.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Arkansas StateSplash game | W 40-32 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Marshall10+ tackles | L 35-42 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs James Madison10+ tackles | L 32-35 | 11 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ App State | L 20-28 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/24 | vs Georgia Southern | W 47-19 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Texas State | W 24-14 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Georgia State | W 21-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Coastal Carolina | L 37-45 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Bowling GreenSplash game | W 30-27 | 9 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Virginia TechSplash game | L 17-37 | 7 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs East Carolina10+ tackles | L 14-20 | 18 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ South CarolinaSplash game | L 19-23 | 7 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Koa Naotala story
Koa Naotala built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Newport News, VA wearing No. 10, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Koa Naotala's career was his defensive production: 116 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Koa Naotala's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Old Dominion
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2022 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Old Dominion | 3.5 | 21.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 3.5 | 21.1 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 14 | 39.8 | 8.5 | 10.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 0 | — | — | -14 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Kentucky
Week 1 · L 35-38 · Postseason
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Bowling Green
Week 5 · W 30-27
2.5
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Virginia Tech
Week 3 · L 17-37
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Arkansas State
Week 14 · W 40-32 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#5
@ South Carolina
Week 1 · L 19-23
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Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
14 primary output · 39.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · Old Dominion
21.1
3.5 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Old Dominion
21.1
3.5 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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