Kilinahe Mendiola-Jensen is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Hawai'i.
Mendiola-Jensen moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Marcus Arroyo and Timmy Chang. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against UNLV — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20vs Stanford | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-40@ Arizona | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20vs Sam Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-3vs Portland State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-23vs Fresno State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-26vs Utah State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-19@ Colorado State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-45@ San José State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-6vs San Diego State | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-38@ UNLV | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-31vs California | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
Week 1 · 2025
W 23-20
vs Stanford
1 interception · 4 tackles · 2 pass breakups
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL44 tackles · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
60.2%
540 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #104 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #14 of 42 Mountain West DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,972 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Mountain West as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The snaps went the other way.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Marcus Arroyo and Timmy Chang.
