Junior defensive back on Hawai'i's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Kapolei, HI
How he projects
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Grades highest in speed and tackling.
The full scouting readRecruiting
S recruit
No. 2000 nationally · Signed with Hawai'i
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Hawai'i's 2026 roster.
“If we didn't have Kona Moore, we wouldn't have any sort of defense at all”
Kona Moore
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his fourth year in the same secondary at Hawai'i. The receipt on tape: 14 tackles, 2 TFL against Stanford, Week 1, 2026.
30 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Timmy Chang.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Timmy Chang — 18-23 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (100th 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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road1g | 14.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
63.7%
142 pass / 81 run
Plays / game
74.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
155 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 29–19
6 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL
With M. Alejado — 346 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · -4 rush yds (3 car) · G. Heil — 45 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 63 LONG
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-37@ Stanford | 14 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 6-21vs UNLV | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 29-19vs New Mexico State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | 19 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Hawai'i
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Hawai'i
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Hawai'i · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #115 · 2026 recruiting class #124
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Antwon Kincade’s 2020 season.
Matches Antwon on
Differs from Antwon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Caleb Ransaw's senior season at Tulane (2024).
Matches Caleb on
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