Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025UNLV
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.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arizona
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Arizona • UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston
Player Story
Kamuela Ka'aihue built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Papaikou, HI wearing No. 43, spending time with Arizona and UNLV. The clearest part of Kamuela Ka'aihue's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Kamuela Ka'aihue, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arizona. Kamuela Ka'aihue shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 49
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Kamuela Ka'aihue quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · LB
- Career Tackles
- 49
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Arizona
- Top game
- Sam Houston
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Roosevelt · Arizona
- High school pipeline
- Roosevelt · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 43 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · LB 554th (top 44%) · Mountain West 158th (top 30%) · National 1,857th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Arizona | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona | 6 | 14 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona | 5 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UNLV | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 35.5 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Kamuela Ka'aihue played LB for Arizona and UNLV. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kamuela Ka'aihue recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UNLV.
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 is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on 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.
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2025 Regular Season · UNLV
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
11
Usage
2.6
Consistency
9.1
Best Game by takeover score
Sam Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Sam Houston: 1. Idaho State: 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
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. Sam Houston: 3 by 22.5. Idaho State: 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
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 10 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Wins
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 | @ Nevada | W 42-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Hawai'i | W 38-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Utah State | W 29-26 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Colorado State | W 42-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Boise State | L 31-56 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Air Force | W 51-48 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Wyoming | W 31-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Miami (OH) | W 41-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | vs UCLA | W 30-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Sam Houston | W 38-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Idaho State | W 38-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kamuela Ka'aihue story
Kamuela Ka'aihue built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Papaikou, HI wearing No. 43, spending time with Arizona and UNLV. The clearest part of Kamuela Ka'aihue's career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Kamuela Ka'aihue'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
Arizona
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
UNLV
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Arizona | 0 | 10.4 | 1.8 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona | 0.5 | 10.2 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UNLV | 2.5 | 11 | 2.6 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 135 Sam Houston
Week 1 · W 38-21
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 116 Nevada
Week 14 · W 42-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#3
@ BYU
Week 7 · L 19-41 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
41.7 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Idaho State
Week 1 · W 38-31
0.5
Havoc Plays
28.9 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Arizona State
Week 13 · W 59-23 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
17.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Arizona
0 primary output · 10.4 efficiency · 1.8 usage
41.8
#2
2023 Regular Season · Arizona
41.8
0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · UNLV
35.5
2.5 primary · 11 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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