Player Dossier

2023-2025

Arizona

Kamuela Ka'aihue

LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Papaikou, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kamuela Ka'aihue shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.8

Efficiency

11

Consistency

9.1

Season Value

8.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Arizona • UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Kamuela Ka'aihue, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Arizona. Kamuela Ka'aihue shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Arizona paired 0 primary output with 10.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona, UNLV.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

11

Usage

2.8

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Sam Houston: 1. Unknown: 0.5. UCLA: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Wyoming: 0. Air Force: 0. Boise State: 0. Colorado State: 0. Utah State: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Nevada: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Sam Houston: 3 by 22.5. Unknown: 1 by 9.2. UCLA: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 3 by 12.5. Air Force: 4 by 16.7. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. Colorado State: 3 by 12.5. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. Nevada: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.2 · n=9
First Half0.3 · n=6 · +0.0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · n=5 · -0.0 vs First Half
All Games0.2 · n=11

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Sam Houston

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Sam Houston

Result
Sun 11/30@ NevadaW 42-17100.500.500
Sat 11/22vs Hawai'iW 38-1033000
Sun 11/16vs Utah StateW 29-2610000
Sun 11/9@ Colorado StateW 42-1033000
Sat 10/18@ Boise StateL 31-5610000
Sat 10/11vs Air ForceW 51-4840000
Sat 10/4@ WyomingW 31-1731000
Sat 9/20@ Miami (OH)W 41-3811000
Sun 9/7vs UCLAW 30-2321000
Sat 8/30@ Sam HoustonW 38-2133100
Sat 8/23vs Unknown100.5000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Arizona

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UNLV

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonArizona010.41.8
2023 Regular SeasonArizona010.41.80
2024 Regular SeasonArizona0.510.23.30.5
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV2.5112.82

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Sam Houston

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.2 takeover score.

#2

Nevada

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.2 takeover score.

#3

BYU

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.2 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

0.5

Primary metric

Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 21.2 takeover score.

#5

Arizona State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Postseason · Arizona

0 primary output · 10.4 efficiency · 1.8 usage

37.4

#2

2023 Regular Season · Arizona

37.4

0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · UNLV

8.3

2.5 primary · 11 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8361

Roosevelt · Honolulu, HI

Committed To
Arizona
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

49

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 22 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Kamuela Ka'aihue quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
49