Jonah Panoke

#1 · WR · Sr. · Hawai'i6′1″ · 200 lb · Honolulu, HI · St. Louis School

Jonah Panoke: WR · Hawai'i · #1.

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Jonah Panoke

WR · Hawai'i · Sr · #1

Moves the chains on third down. The six seasons at Hawai'i span three head coaches: Nick Rolovich, Todd Graham and Timmy Chang. A game that shows it: 90 receiving yards and 6 receptions against UNLV — Week 11, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Hawai'i in the news

June Jones, former Hawai'i coach, dies at 73New York Post Oct 29

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Hawai'i	33	387	11.7	3	49
2023	Hawai'i	20	194	9.7	1	24
2022	Hawai'i	27	312	11.6	1	28
2021	Hawai'i	11	123	11.2	0	21
2020	Hawai'i	10	83	8.3	0	23
2019	Hawai'i	--	--	--	--	--
Career		101	1,099	10.9	5	49

Season	Team
2024	Hawai'i	--	--	--
2023	Hawai'i	--	--	--
2022	Hawai'i	--	--	--
2021	Hawai'i	--	--	--
2020	Hawai'i	1	2	--
2019	Hawai'i	--	--	21
Career		1	2	21

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 3	L 13-31@ Sam Houston	2	11	5.5	0	7
Wk 4	W 36-7vs Northern Iowa	4	60	15.0	1	24
Wk 6	L 24-27@ San Diego State	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 7	L 7-28vs No. 17 Boise State	2	19	9.5	0	12
Wk 8	L 10-42@ Washington State	2	19	9.5	0	12
Wk 9	W 34-13vs Nevada	5	58	11.6	0	17
Wk 10	W 21-20@ Fresno State	3	14	4.7	0	8
Wk 11	L 27-29vs UNLV	6	90	15.0	2	49	Season-high 90 yds
Wk 12	L 10-55@ Utah State	2	17	8.5	0	12
Wk 14	W 38-30vs New Mexico	5	86	17.2	0	45
Total		33	387	11.7	3	49

Signature game

Week 11 · 2024

L 27-29

vs UNLV

6 rec · 90 yds · 2 TD

With B. Schager — 282 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 31.6 · 42 rush yds (18 car) · L. Borrow — 45 yards per punt · 6 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · New Mexico · 3rd and 16 · Q4 · EPA +4.92Micah Alejado pass complete to Jonah Panoke for 45 yds to the UNM 3 for a
Week 11 · UNLV · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +3.70Schager to Panoke: a 49-yard touchdown pass.
Week 14 · New Mexico · 4th and 5 · Q1 · EPA +3.43Micah Alejado pass complete to Jonah Panoke for 18 yds to the UNM 32 for a
Week 9 · Nevada · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.85Brayden Schager pass complete to Jonah Panoke for 17 yds to the NEV 29 for a
Week 4 · Northern Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Brayden Schager pass complete to Jonah Panoke for 24 yds for a TD (Kansei Matsuzawa KICK)
Week 6 · San Diego State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.08Brayden Schager pass complete to Jonah Panoke for 11 yds to the SDSU 46 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · UNLV · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Brayden Schager pass complete to Jonah Panoke for 15 yds to the UNLV 32 for a
Week 11 · UNLV · 1st and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.88Schager to Panoke: a 5-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Nevada · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.36Brayden Schager pass complete to Jonah Panoke for 9 yds to the HAW 40
Week 4 · Northern Iowa · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +1.31Brayden Schager pass complete to Jonah Panoke for 6 yds to the HAW 36 for a

Teams and coaches

2019Hawai'i10-5HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning

2020Hawai'i5-4HC: Todd Graham · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Hawai'i6-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2022Hawai'i3-10HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

2023Hawai'i5-8HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-heavy

2024Hawai'i5-7HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 43 (#257 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

43Rotational starter #257 of 466 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#183 / 610 · 70th pct

1.04

Yards / catch#407 / 610 · 33rd pct

10.7

TD rate#450 / 610 · 26th pct

3.2%

Explosive rate#513 / 610 · 16th pct

6.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Receptions#242 / 541 · 55th pct

Long catch#268 / 541 · 50th pct

Rec yards#280 / 541 · 48th pct

387

Yards / catch#370 / 541 · 30th pct

11.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 70th percentile

Explosive rate

12th → 16th percentile

Catch rate

98th → 91st percentile

TD rate

46th → 26th percentile

Yards / catch

19th → 33rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.4	62.6	13.7	0.6
Road5g	2.2	14.8	6.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	25.8	9.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	47.3	11.1	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Timmy Chang

Pass share

59.2%

481 pass / 331 run

Plays / game

67.7

12 games

Team sack rate

8.4%

513 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

33 catches in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

43 · #257 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #257 at the position.

Jonah Panoke

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Hawai'i in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

33 catches in 10 games

Six seasons at Hawai'i

2018