Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-3vs Houston Christian | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-52@ Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
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Koa Akui
Senior safety on Rice's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 193 lb · Hilo, HI · Hilo
Returning to Rice for 2026
The story
4 safety on Rice's 2026 roster.
- Signed with Sacramento State in 2022.
Recruiting
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S recruit
Signed with Sacramento State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonKoa Akui
The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 2, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Sacramento Stateout of Hilo
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Rice
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026Rice1-1HC: Scott Abell · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rice | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 31–3
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
Dominant 28-point win at home against Houston Christian.
With Q. Jackson — 61 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD · C. Durkin — 54 AVG · 54 LONG · 1 NO
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Rice
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Rice
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -2 net (20 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Rice · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #100 · 2026 recruiting class #104
Background
Honors Sacramento State All Big Sky (2025) D-II All-America (PFSN, First Team; AP, Honorable Mention, 2025) Team Captain Sacramento State 2025 Ranked second on the team with 65 total tackles and had at least two tackles in all 12 games, and had five or more in nine contests… Recorded six pass bre...
The secondary · Rice
- #5Jerrick Harper23 tackles · 2025
- Daveon Hook16 tackles · 2025
- #4Tariq Watson12 tackles · 2025
- #20Bailey Fletcher10 tackles · 2025
- #3Koa Akui2 games · 2026
14 more on the roster · Rice team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology