#11

Karsyn Pupunu

Senior wide receiver for Hawai'i. 2025: 33 catches, 306 receiving yards.

WR · Hawai'i · Sr. · #11

6′3″ · 205 lb · Lahaina, HI

CFB Index 37 · #334 of 485 WRsHigh confidence

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Catch rate: 70th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

306

receiving yards · 2025

Best game: 5 rec, 40 yds, vs Portland State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior wide receiver for Hawai'i. 2025: 33 catches, 306 receiving yards.

The full story, with sources

Karsyn Pupunu

WR · Hawai'i · Sr · #11

Moves the chains on third down. He has spent three seasons in the Hawai'i receiving corps. One game to point at: 56 rec yds, 5 receptions against Colorado State — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Hawai'i	33	306	9.3	--
2024	Hawai'i	6	80	13.3	--
2023	Hawai'i	5	71	14.2	--
Career		44	457	10.4	--

Season	Team
2025	Hawai'i	--	--	--	--	--
2024	Hawai'i	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Hawai'i	--	--	--	15	--
Career		--	--	--	15	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-20vs Stanford	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 1	L 6-40@ Arizona	3	24	8.0	11
Wk 2	W 37-20vs Sam Houston	4	43	10.8	15
Wk 3	W 23-3vs Portland State	5	40	8.0	12
Wk 4	L 21-23vs Fresno State	3	14	4.7	6
Wk 5	W 44-35@ Air Force	2	15	7.5	8
Wk 7	W 44-26vs Utah State	2	12	6.0	7
Wk 8	W 31-19@ Colorado State	5	56	11.2	20	Season-high 56 yds
Wk 10	L 38-45@ San José State	3	20	6.7	10
Wk 13	L 10-38@ UNLV	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 14	W 27-7vs Wyoming	1	17	17.0	17
Bowl	W 35-31vs California	3	50	16.7	22
Total		33	306	9.3	22

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Colorado State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Micah Alejado pass complete to Karsyn Pupunu for 20 yds to the CSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · San José State · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.82(12:51) Shotgun #12 M.Alejado pass complete short right to #11 K.Pupunu caught at SJSU41, for 10 yards to the SJSU41, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · California · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.43(14:15) Shotgun #12 M.Alejado pass complete deep middle to #11 K.Pupunu caught at Cal49, for 22 yards to the Cal49 (#41 L.Ferrelli), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · California · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.39(01:26) Shotgun #12 M.Alejado pass complete short left to #11 K.Pupunu caught at Cal29, for 19 yards to the Cal29 (#4 B.Austin; #46 A.Hampton), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Portland State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.25Luke Weaver pass complete to Karsyn Pupunu for 9 yds to the HAW 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Sam Houston · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.00Luke Weaver pass complete to Karsyn Pupunu for 15 yds to the HAW 46 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Wyoming · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.82(10:57) Shotgun #12 M.Alejado pass complete short right to #11 K.Pupunu caught at Hawaii41, for 17 yards to the Hawaii41 (#12 D.Hearns), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Arizona · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.63Micah Alejado pass complete to Karsyn Pupunu for 11 yds to the HAW 36 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Fresno State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.59Micah Alejado pass complete to Karsyn Pupunu for 6 yds to the HAW 36 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Portland State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.57Luke Weaver pass complete to Karsyn Pupunu for 12 yds to the PRST 33 for a 1ST down

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Timmy Chang — 19-19 over that span.

2023Hawai'i5-8HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-heavy

2024Hawai'i5-7HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

2025Hawai'i9-4HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #334 of 485?

High confidenceAscending10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#241 / 798 · 70th pct

73.3%

EPA / target#330 / 798 · 59th pct

0.47

Yards / catch#606 / 798 · 24th pct

9.3

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Explosive rate#667 / 798 · 16th pct

4.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#247 / 558 · 55th pct

Rec yards#355 / 558 · 36th pct

306

Yards / catch#494 / 558 · 11th pct

9.3

Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct

Long catch#524 / 558 · 6th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

33 rec · 306 yds · 0 TD

30 of 33 receptions matched to play-by-play

8 of 44 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

449% of team targets

Catch rate

68%30 of 44 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

50% of targets (4)

75%catch rate

Air 4.8 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

50% of targets (4)

50%catch rate

Air 12.0 · YAC 0.0 avg

68% catch rate on 44 targets · 9% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

24%11 of his 45 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	26.1	10.0	0.0
Road5g	2.8	24.6	8.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.9	25.6	8.6	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	25.2	10.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Timmy Chang

Pass share

63.7%

142 pass / 81 run

Plays / game

74.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

155 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #334 of 485 WRs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #23 of 41 Mountain West WRs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Karsyn Pupunu

Career stats

Game log

Signature plays

2025 snapshot

Receiving profile

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

How he plays

Starter

DNA match

Possession Receiver