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Jersey Number 3
Koa Akui
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 193
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Hilo, Hawai’i
- High School:
- Hilo
Honors
Sacramento State
Sacramento State 2025
Ranked second on the team with 65 total tackles and had at least two tackles in all 12 games, and had five or more in nine contests… Recorded six pass breakups… Played a role in eight turnovers created during the season with five interceptions, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble… Credited with a career-best nine tackles at South Dakota State and added eight at Eastern Washington… Picked off a pair of passes at Nevada… Began the year with a forced fumble and fumble recovery on separate plays at South Dakota State.
2024
Played in the season-opener vs. San Jose State and was credited with a tackle on five defensive snaps before suffering an injury and missing the remainder of the season.
2023
Played in seven games during the year on special teams and at safety… Made seven total tackles, including four solos… Credited with two tackles at Montana for his season high.
2022
Redshirted
Hilo High School
Played quarterback, wide receiver, and defensive back for the coach Chris Todd and led the Vikings to the BIIF (Big Island Interscholastic Federation) semi-finals and was named BIIF Offensive Player of the Year in addition to All-BIIF first team honors as both a defensive back and a utility player.
Personal
Full name: Koa Kukamaehu Akui… Born: June 8… Parents: Wade Akui and Holly Cantere … three brothers, two sisters… Rice College: GSA.. Enrolled in Rice's Master's of Global Affairs program.
Sacramento State
- All Big Sky (2025)
- D-II All-America (PFSN, First Team; AP, Honorable Mention, 2025)
- Team Captain
Sacramento State 2025
Ranked second on the team with 65 total tackles and had at least two tackles in all 12 games, and had five or more in nine contests… Recorded six pass breakups… Played a role in eight turnovers created during the season with five interceptions, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble… Credited with a career-best nine tackles at South Dakota State and added eight at Eastern Washington… Picked off a pair of passes at Nevada… Began the year with a forced fumble and fumble recovery on separate plays at South Dakota State.
2024
Played in the season-opener vs. San Jose State and was credited with a tackle on five defensive snaps before suffering an injury and missing the remainder of the season.
2023
Played in seven games during the year on special teams and at safety… Made seven total tackles, including four solos… Credited with two tackles at Montana for his season high.
2022
Redshirted
Hilo High School
Played quarterback, wide receiver, and defensive back for the coach Chris Todd and led the Vikings to the BIIF (Big Island Interscholastic Federation) semi-finals and was named BIIF Offensive Player of the Year in addition to All-BIIF first team honors as both a defensive back and a utility player.
Personal
Full name: Koa Kukamaehu Akui… Born: June 8… Parents: Wade Akui and Holly Cantere … three brothers, two sisters… Rice College: GSA.. Enrolled in Rice's Master's of Global Affairs program.
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