Former defensive back at Hawai'i. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′11″ · 185 lb · Honolulu, HI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 2819 nationally · Signed with Washington
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at Hawai'i. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Meki Pei
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his third year in the same secondary at Hawai'i. The receipt: 6 tackles against Nevada — Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Hawai'i, 116 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Timmy Chang.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Timmy Chang — 13-25 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
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 · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #496 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 36-7vs Northern Iowa | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-28vs Boise State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-42@ Washington State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-13vs Nevada | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 21-20@ Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-29vs UNLV | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-55@ Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-30vs New Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Demarko Williams’s 2023 season.
Matches Demarko on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kye Holmes's junior season at James Madison (2024).
Matches Kye on
Player DNA