Kahale Warring

TE · San Diego State 2018 · #87

Last confirmed: San Diego State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′6″ · 250 lb · Sonora, CA

Kahale Warring: TE · San Diego State · #87.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Jeremy SprinkleArkansas · 2016 · 94% season match
Mike GesickiPenn State · 2016 · 84% season match
Pharaoh BrownOregon · 2016 · 84% season match
Troy MangenOhio · 2017 · 79% season match
John FitzPatrickGeorgia · 2020 · 71% season match

Kahale Warring

TE · San Diego State · Jr · #87

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Third year in the San Diego State receiving corps. A game that shows it: 95 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Nevada — Week 9, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

San Diego State in the news

Nevada snaps 16-game losing streakNevada Sports Net Oct 20

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	San Diego State	31	372	12.0	3
2017	San Diego State	18	248	13.8	3
2016	San Diego State	2	17	8.5	2
Career		51	637	12.5	8

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 28-14vs Sacramento State	3	73	24.3	0	26
Wk 3	W 28-21vs No. 23 Arizona State	4	30	7.5	0	12
Wk 6	W 19-13@ Boise State	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 8	W 16-13vs San José State	2	5	2.5	0	10
Wk 9	L 24-28@ Nevada	6	95	15.8	2	30	Season-high 95 yds
Wk 10	W 31-23@ New Mexico	5	61	12.2	1	24
Wk 11	L 24-27vs UNLV	3	26	8.7	0	15
Wk 12	L 14-23@ Fresno State	3	23	7.7	0	11
Wk 13	L 30-31vs Hawai'i	4	35	8.8	0	11
Total		31	372	12.0	3	30

Signature game

Week 9 · 2018

L 24-28

at Nevada

6 rec · 95 yds · 2 TD

With B. Heicklen — 44.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20 · R. Agnew — 283 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Sacramento State · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.66Christian Chapman pass complete to Kahale Warring for 26 yds to the SacSt 32 for a
Week 2 · Sacramento State · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Christian Chapman pass complete to Kahale Warring for 23 yds to the SacSt 45 for a
Week 2 · Sacramento State · 2nd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +3.31Ryan Agnew pass complete to Kahale Warring for 24 yds to the SacSt 45 for a
Week 9 · Nevada · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Ryan Agnew pass complete to Kahale Warring for 30 yds for a TD (John Baron II KICK)
Week 10 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.60Christian Chapman pass complete to Kahale Warring for 19 yds for a TD (John Baron II KICK)
Week 9 · Nevada · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Ryan Agnew pass complete to Kahale Warring for 16 yds for a TD (John Baron II KICK)

4 more plays

Week 10 · New Mexico · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.36Christian Chapman pass complete to Kahale Warring for 24 yds to the NMex 19 for a
Week 12 · Fresno State · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.21Christian Chapman pass complete to Kahale Warring for 11 yds to the SDSt 41 for a
Week 3 · Arizona State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Ryan Agnew pass complete to Kahale Warring for 12 yds to the SDSt 40 for a
Week 8 · San José State · 2nd and 15 · Q4 · EPA −1.86Ryan Agnew pass complete to Kahale Warring for a loss of 5 yards to the SJSt 45

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Rocky Long, all run-heavy offenses — 28-12 over that span.

2016San Diego State11-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2017San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2018San Diego State7-6HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#255 / 702 · 63rd pct

6.5%

Explosive rate#282 / 702 · 59th pct

13.0%

EPA / target#297 / 702 · 58th pct

0.57

Yards / catch#368 / 702 · 47th pct

12.0

Catch rate#384 / 702 · 45th pct

67.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#27 / 109 · 76th pct

Rec yards#29 / 109 · 74th pct

372

Rec TDs#27 / 109 · 68th pct

Yards / catch#51 / 109 · 53rd pct

12.0

Long catch#76 / 109 · 30th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

93rd → 58th percentile

Explosive rate

94th → 59th percentile

Catch rate

97th → 45th percentile

TD rate

98th → 63rd percentile

Yards / catch

62nd → 47th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	33.8	10.4	0.0
Road4g	3.8	50.8	14.9	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-73g	2.7	42.3	18.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	40.8	9.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Rocky Long

Pass share

37.7%

309 pass / 510 run

Plays / game

63.0

13 games

Team sack rate

9.1%

352 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

31 catches in 9 games

More catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Kahale Warring

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

San Diego State in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

31 catches in 9 games

Four seasons at San Diego State, drafted

2019