2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | Hawai'i#118 · 1-6 | — | — |
| 2025 | Hawai'i#77 · 9-4 | 1 | 1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Kainoa Ontai's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Kainoa Ontai'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 | W 23–20 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 1 | @ | L 6–40 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2 | W 37–20 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 3 | W 23–3 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | |
| 4 | L 21–23 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 5 | @ | W 44–35 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | W 44–26 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 8 | @ | W 31–19 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 10 | @ | L 38–45 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 11 | W 38–6 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 13 | @ | L 10–38 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 14 | W 27–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| Bowls | W 35–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 2025 · 1 game | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
21 DBs on the Hawai'i roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kona Moore | DB | JR | 46 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Matagi Thompson | DB | 32 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | ||
| 4 | Elijah Palmer | DB | SR | 30 | 2.5 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 21 | Makana Meyer | DB | JR | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 0 | Jeremiah Hughes | DB | JR | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Jaylon Edmond | DB | SO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Elijah Gipson | DB | SR | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Riis Weber | DB | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ||
| 6 | Zion Allen | DB | SR | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 3 | Joenel Figueroa | DB | SR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 22 | Ezekiel Rodrigues | DB | SO | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 24 | Kodi DeCambra | DB | JR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 1 | Caleb Brown | DB | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Kela Moore | DB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Kydel Stone | DB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Jahren Altura | DB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Marquis Richardson | DB | FR | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 29 | Kainoa Ontai | DB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Avin Houston | DB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Brayton Correa | DB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Jordan Fetu | DB | 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. Hawai'i depth chart →