Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 28-14vs James Madison | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-20vs Clemson | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — | — |
#48
Shai Kochav
Senior long snapper for Louisville. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 230 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Returning to Louisville for 2026
The story
4 long snapper for Louisville. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Transferred from Arkansas State to Louisville in 2022.
Shai Kochav
Arkansas State to Louisville — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 1 tackles against Clemson — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
His career
2022
- Entered the portal
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 19-8 over that span.
2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning
2025Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Not enough tracked stats yet to summarize this season.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Shai Kochav plays long snapper for Louisville.
A long snapper doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
Limited sample
1 has gone on to the NFL Draft since 2017. Colin Holba went on to the NFL out of this room (2017).
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Louisville
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Long snapper · Louisville
Returning around him
- 1 Louisville player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -7 net (33 in / 40 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Louisville · Last season: 9-4 (AP #19) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #48
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology