Hawai'i
1-2Mountain West · Timmy Chang, year 5 (23-31) · Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex · 15,194 · 13,959 avg in 2026
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Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 95 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket Passer · +0.13 EPA/play | 12 | 3 | 81 / 137 | 59.1 | 794 #3 FBS | 5.8 | 2 | 1 | 111.2 | 33 | 52.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | |
Yards by week → Pocket PasserBalanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile. 7 of 13 QBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / attempt5.6 bottom 15th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Completion %58.6% bottom 25th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Trait fingerprint Plays like View Micah Alejado's full player page | ||||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satellite Back · +0.06 EPA/play | 1 | 3 | 42 | 167 #46 FBS | 4.0 | 3 #11 FBS | 16 | — | — | |
Yards by week → Satellite BackDeployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles. 2 of 15 RBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Receiving share19.2% 96th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Yards / carry3.8 bottom 17th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Trait fingerprint Plays like View DeVon Rice's full player page | ||||||||||
| -0.20 EPA/play | 26 | 3 | 20 | 66 | 3.3 | 1 | 11 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possession Receiver · +0.30 EPA/play | 6 | 3 | 15 | 180 #38 FBS | 12 | 0 | 32 | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. 37 of 58 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception10.6 bottom 27th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions TD rate0.0% bottom 10th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Kainoa Carvalho's full player page | ||||||||
| Slot Technician · +0.83 EPA/play | 8 | 3 | 18 | 169 #48 FBS | 9.4 | 1 | 22 | |
Yards by week → Slot TechnicianRuns precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving. 5 of 58 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Reception volume18 96th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Yards / reception9.0 bottom 16th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Tama Uiliata's full player page | ||||||||
| +0.46 EPA/play | 2 | 3 | 8 | 134 | 16.8 | 0 | 55 | |
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| +0.41 EPA/play | 18 | 3 | 6 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 24 | |
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| +0.02 EPA/play | 22 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Gap Base | 95 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. The most common profile in its group this season — 12 of 27 classified this way. Played in 3 of 3 games this season · senior View Geoffrey Speight's full player page | |||||||
| 52 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 99 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Linebacker | 11 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 #22 FBS |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. 46 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume25 98th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate0.0% bottom 16th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Jamih Otis's full player page | |||||||||
| 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid Nickel | 2 | 3 | 30 | 2 #43 FBS | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. 22 of 46 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate6.7% 67th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Kona Moore's full player page | |||||||
| Centerfielder | 25 | 3 | 15 | 4 #2 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CenterfielderSingle-high range who erases the deep middle of the field. 11 of 46 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate26.7% 100th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Matagi Thompson's full player page | |||||||
| 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 #22 FBS | 0 | 0 | |
| — | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 3 | 5/6 | 83.3 | 3/5 | 18 | 42 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 3 | 18 | 784 | 43.6 | 65 | 6 | 1 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slot Technician · +0.83 EPA/play | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 |
2026 stat leaders · Hawai'i
through 3 games
2026 stat leaders · Hawai'iKona Moore leads Hawai'i with 30 tackles through 3 games.
How They Play · 2026Hawai'i fields a struggling pass-first offense behind a porous defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Hawai'i reads strongest in passing epa allowed (top 25%) and explosive plays (top 65%); the crux lives in red-zone defense, where Hawai'i sits at the 5th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · Hawai'i · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Hawai'i is worth +5.9 points more at home than on the road.
Top third of FBS, 79th percentile of 133 programs
60% at home, 28% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (29–19 home, 13–33 away). Interval ±3.8.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Hawai'i has beaten the number by +3.6 more at home than away over 80 games — inside the ±7.7 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.
Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex seats 15,194 and has averaged 79% full (12,033, 31 games reported). Visitors face the 1st-longest trip of 135 FBS venues: a median 2,968 miles since 2018. Some of what the band above measures is the map, not the crowd. For the home side it is genuinely home ground: 49% of the 2026 roster (49 of 99 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 56 home games since 2018.
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Position battles
Positional competition · RB room
The carries are split. The job isn’t.
DeVon Rice and Sitani Mikaele split the carries (43/63 vs 20/63) -- but the job isn't split the same way.
Scheme claims
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
Hawai'i's 4th-quarter offense, before and after garbage time
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 32nd percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it drops to the 27th — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
Does Hawai'i hold up once the down-and-distance turns against them?
18th percentile success on standard downs, 41st on passing downs — a 23-point gap between the two.
View all FBS teams as a table
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| App State | 44th | 90th |
| Arizona | 92nd | 86th |
| Arkansas | 60th | 80th |
| Auburn | 75th | 55th |
| Ball State | 12th | 24th |
| Baylor | 40th | 96th |
| Boise State | 58th | 46th |
| Boston College | 27th | 56th |
| Buffalo | 7th | 14th |
| California | 9th | 25th |
| Central Michigan | 16th | 6th |
| Charlotte | 73rd | 83rd |
| Clemson | 1st | 19th |
| Coastal Carolina | 61st | 52nd |
| Colorado | 35th | 77th |
| Colorado State | 82nd | 91st |
| Delaware | 70th | 31st |
| Duke | 20th | 29th |
| Eastern Michigan | 52nd | 10th |
| Florida Atlantic | 43rd | 87th |
| Florida International | 46th | 43rd |
| Florida State | 28th | 65th |
| Georgia Southern | 24th | 45th |
| Georgia Tech | 58th | 44th |
| Hawai'i | 18th | 41st |
| Iowa State | 4th | 23rd |
| Jacksonville State | 65th | 82nd |
| Kansas | 70th | 35th |
| LSU | 33rd | 98th |
| Liberty | 14th | 59th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 92nd |
| Louisville | 96th | 70th |
| Memphis | 69th | 65th |
| Michigan | 2nd | 62nd |
| Michigan State | 62nd | 29th |
| Middle Tennessee | 87th | 68th |
| Missouri | 36th | 85th |
| Navy | 98th | 59th |
| Nevada | 77th | 52nd |
| New Mexico State | 45th | 75th |
| Norfolk State | 16th | 9th |
| North Dakota State | 86th | 27th |
| North Texas | 49th | 68th |
| Ohio | 38th | 17th |
| Ohio State | 90th | 40th |
| Oklahoma State | 41st | 49th |
| Ole Miss | 94th | 50th |
| Oregon | 35th | 33rd |
| Oregon State | 10th | 38th |
| Pittsburgh | 30th | 76th |
| Purdue | 83rd | 88th |
| Rutgers | 30th | 71st |
| Sacramento State | 23rd | 14th |
| Sam Houston | 78th | 61st |
| San Diego State | 4th | 40th |
| San José State | 54th | 22nd |
| South Alabama | 50th | 73rd |
| South Florida | 91st | 52nd |
| Stanford | 76th | 15th |
| Syracuse | 48th | 64th |
| TCU | 93rd | 8th |
| Tennessee | 65th | 78th |
| Texas | 72nd | 94th |
| Texas A&M | 85th | 72nd |
| Texas Tech | 88th | 48th |
| Troy | 22nd | 59th |
| Tulane | 31st | 2nd |
| Tulsa | 56th | 1st |
| UAB | 65th | 81st |
| UNLV | 51st | 7th |
| USC | 97th | 99th |
| UTSA | 99th | 29th |
| Utah State | 4th | 93rd |
| Vanderbilt | 80th | 12th |
| Wake Forest | 56th | 97th |
| Washington | 81st | 4th |
| Washington State | 8th | 3rd |
| Western Kentucky | 25th | 34th |
| Western Michigan | 39th | 20th |
| Wisconsin | 13th | 18th |
| Wyoming | 65th | 36th |
Halftime identity
Hawai'i by half
1st-half offense ranks 15th percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 23rd — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Tendency drift
Season by season
How Hawai'i’s current staff calls plays, year over year
Pass defense by zone
Pass-depth identity
What this team throws, and gives up, by depth.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Hawai'i’s passing game completes a completion rate below the FBS mean (62.4% vs 68.3% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 134-play sample) — most conservative, 2 of 41 qualifying offenses.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Hawai'i’s defense allows a completion rate below the FBS mean (62.2% vs 65.2% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 74-play sample) — stingiest, 3 of 18 qualifying defenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball (20+ air yards) leaderboard here, on either side of the ball: even a full season of charted plays gives most teams well under 30 deep attempts — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess. Same refusal for yards-after-catch allowed and where a team’s attempts land by zone: both measured and both came back statistically indistinguishable from season-to-season noise.
Havoc & trenches
Havoc & trenches
Disruption, run-blocking, and down-and-distance efficiency.
Ratings
Comparable teams
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Conditions
79°F average kickoff temp; 5% of games had measurable precipitation; 13 mph average wind.
Based on 80 home games with weather data.