Koa Akui
Rice Owls
71
Average

Koa Akui

Rice OwlsRebuilding
SSDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Sacramento State
Projected Starter

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Koa Akui is the projected starter at SS for Rice Owls.

Redshirt senior · #3 · 5'10", 193 lbs

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Depth at SS · Rice Owls

  1. 1371Koa AkuiStarter
  2. 21851Ahran Ogbor

Rice Starting Lineup

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Up next for Rice

Rice plays North Texas away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:00 PM ET.

The Story

The Ballhawk

This season: 2 tackles, 5 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Team Share0%
Hilo, HI
Jersey
#3
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
5'10"
Weight
193 lbs
Transfer
Sacramento State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—250

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

Recruiting Profile

High School
Hilo
Hometown
Hilo, HI

Why this rating?

On a 67-rated defense; 74th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.76 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
67
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 74% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 35% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

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

Oct 24LFAUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
6
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 51-49

Oct 17LTLSATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-17

Oct 10LECUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final L 28-12

Oct 3LUTSATKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 16-14

Sep 27LFRESTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-24

Sep 19LWMUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-21

Sep 12LNDTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 52-0

Sep 5WHCUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-3

Koa Akui's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Ballhawk
2 tkl · 0 PD · 5 INT
Usage / Involvement0%
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