Kinilau Fonohema
BYU Cougars
74
Average

Kinilau Fonohema

BYU CougarsContender
DEDefenseAverage
2nd String / Backup

Is Kinilau Fonohema starting?

Kinilau Fonohema is listed 2nd string at DE for BYU Cougars.

Redshirt sophomore · #97 · 6'5", 250 lbs

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Depth at DE · BYU Cougars

  1. 14588Viliami Po'uhaStarter
  2. 29774Kinilau FonohemaYou

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Up next for BYU

BYU plays Utah away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Springville, ranked #801 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 4 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 74 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #801 NatlTeam Share0%
Springville, UT
Jersey
#97
Class
RS SO
Height
6'5"
Weight
250 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025400

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8739
National Rank
#801
High School
Springville
Hometown
Springville, UT

Why this rating?

On a 91-rated defense; 28th-percentile production (×0.97 for competition level) put them -11 vs unit starters → 74.

Team defense (SP+)
91
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 28% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
-11 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 6WUTUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 63-7

Kinilau Fonohema's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

4 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
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