Max Ahoia: CB · Rice · #17.
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Max Ahoia
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. A two-star recruit with two seasons on the field at Rice since. On tape: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Sam Houston, Week 1, 2024.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 8 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34vs Sam Houston | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 69-7vs Texas Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-33@ Houston | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-21vs Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 29-27vs UTSA | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-24@ Tulane | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-17@ UConn | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-40@ UAB | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-28vs South Florida | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 34 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 8 |
Week 7 · 2024
W 29-27
vs UTSA
5 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 5 solo tackles
A close one, won by 2 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
24%8 pass breakupsTackle volume
34tackles this season34 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 8 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Bloomgren
Pass share
61.6%
477 pass / 297 run
Plays / game
64.5
12 games
Team sack rate
1.9%
483 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #209 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Rice, 37 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Bloomgren → Pete Alamar. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
