6′4″ · Wai‘anae, HI · Kamehameha
Kaau Gifford: DL · Hawai'i · #94.
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Kaau Gifford
Wins his gap play after play. 2 stars out of high school, 1 seasons of real snaps at Hawai'i since. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Air Force — Week 8, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hawai'i | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-51@ California | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 3-63@ No. 7 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 38-41vs UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27@ Air Force | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28vs New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 0-55@ San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 16-52vs No. 24 Boise State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 46-40vs Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 8 · 2016
W 34-27
at Air Force
3 tackles · 1 solo tackle
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries12 tackles.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Rolovich
Pass share
48.4%
437 pass / 465 run
Plays / game
64.4
14 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Hawai'i — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Norm Chow, Chris Naeole, and Nick Rolovich. Multi-era developmental context.
