6′3″ · 300 lb · Downey, CA
Kainoa Fuiava: DL · Western Michigan · #95.
Kainoa Fuiava
One game to point at: 2 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Eastern Michigan — Week 12, 2021.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
9 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-47@ Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-0vs Illinois State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-41@ Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-3vs San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-17@ Buffalo | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 64-31vs Kent State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 15-34@ Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-42vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-22@ Eastern Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Lester
Pass share
38.7%
368 pass / 583 run
Plays / game
79.2
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Western Michigan — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Kalani Sitake and Tim Lester.
