Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea: LB · Hawai'i · #55.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Fresno State — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hawai'i | 43 | 19 | 5.0 | 10.0 |
| Career | 43 | 19 | 5.0 | 10.0 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-51vs California | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 3-63@ No. 7 Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-36vs UT Martin | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-47@ Arizona | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-17vs Nevada | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-17@ San José State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 38-41vs UNLV | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27@ Air Force | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28vs New Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | L 0-55@ San Diego State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 16-52vs No. 24 Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 14-13@ Fresno State | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 46-40vs Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
 Bowl | W 52-35vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 19 | 5.0 | 10.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%5 TFLSack rate
23%10 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups43 tackles · 5 for loss · 10 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Rolovich
Pass share
48.4%
437 pass / 465 run
Plays / game
64.4
14 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Hawai'i, 43 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Norm Chow, Chris Naeole, and Nick Rolovich. Multi-era developmental context.
