Last confirmed: Oregon, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 204 lb · Aiea, HI
Kaulana Apelu: ILB · Oregon · #39.
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Kaulana Apelu
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Kaulana Apelu has played for three head coaches in three seasons at Oregon. A game that shows it: 14 tackles against Washington State — Week 8, 2018.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-24vs Bowling Green | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 62-14vs Portland State | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-22vs San José State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-38vs No. 7 Stanford | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-24@ No. 24 California | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-27vs No. 7 Washington | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-34@ No. 25 Washington State | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 15-44@ Arizona | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-21vs UCLA | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 7-6vs Michigan State | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 36 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 3 |
Week 7 · 2018
W 30-27
vs Washington
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%6 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
5%3 pass breakups65 tackles · 6 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
44.5%
415 pass / 518 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon, 113 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mark Helfrich, Willie Taggart, and Mario Cristobal. Multi-era developmental context.
