Career
3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD | Havoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Notre Dame#1 · 6-1 | 2 | 5% | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | Notre Dame#3 · 10-2 | 5 | 11% | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame#2 · 14-2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Kahanu Kia's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Kahanu Kia's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | vs Wisconsin | W 41–13 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Rice | W 52–0 | 5.4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 3 |  Michigan State | W 27–10 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 4 | @ Purdue | W 49–10 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 5 | @ North Carolina | W 37–26 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 6 |  Stanford | W 58–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | @ BYU | L 24–28 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 5.4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3766th / 5410 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0.5 | 2022nd / 2452 |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 0 | — |
| Lost | 0 | — |
| Recovered | 1 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Rice | 46 | ~16 (2–29) | 2 | 35% |
| Wk 4 · Purdue | 68 | ~4 (0–23) | 1 | 6% |
| Season | 383 | 20 (0–54) | 3 | 5% |
Position Room
11 LBs on the Notre Dame roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Drayk Bowen | LB | SR | 38 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Jaylen Sneed | LB | SR | 28 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 4 | Jaiden Ausberry | LB | SR | 20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 27 | Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa | LB | JR | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Ja'Kobe Clapper | LB | FR | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 35 | Teddy Rezac | LB | JR | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 19 | Madden Faraimo | LB | SO | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 43 | Kahanu Kia | LB | SR | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 58 | Thomas Davis Jr. | LB | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 16 | Ko'o Kia | LB | SO | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 38 | Tommy Powlus | LB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Notre Dame depth chart →