Former linebacker at UCLA. 2024: 26 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.
6′2″ · 230 lb · Reno, NV
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 133 nationally · Signed with Alabama
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at UCLA. 2024: 26 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.
Ale Kaho
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Nick Saban, Chip Kelly and Deshaun Foster. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Penn State — Week 6, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at UCLA, 90 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chip Kelly → Deshaun Foster. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #454 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024
W 20–17
vs Iowa
1 SOLO · 3 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With E. Garbers — 203 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 67.6 · 23 rush yds (4 car) · T. Harden — 125 rush yds (20 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-13@ Hawai'i | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-42vs Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 11-27@ Penn State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 17-21vs Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-32@ Rutgers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-20@ Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-17vs Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-31@ Washington | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 12 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Desmyn Baker’s 2024 season.
Matches Desmyn on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Peyton Hampton's graduate season at Army (2022).
Matches Peyton on
Player DNA