Linebacker, USC, 2018–⁠21

Kana’i Mauga

Number: No. 26
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 245 lb
Class (2021): Junior
Hometown: Waianae, HI
Born: Jan 8, 2000, in Waianae, Hawaii

Wikipedia readers: about 265 a month over the past year

Kana’i Mauga played linebacker at USC (2018–⁠21).

Best season: 92; Tackles, 2021 (USC, 4–⁠8)
Best game: 13 tackles; Vs. Arizona, week 8, 2019: No. 3 defensive game in FBS that week

14tackles, career hightwice; last vs. UCLA, 2021

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

5–⁠78–⁠55–⁠1AP 214–⁠8

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
2018	USC	12	3	1	0	0	2
2019	USC	59	30	7	3	1	2
2020	USC	30	11	1.5	0	1	0
2021	USC	92	56	5.5	1	1	2
Career		193	100	15	4	3	6

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	USC	26	LB	Yr 1
2019	USC	26	LB	Yr 2
2020	USC	26	LB	Yr 3
2021	USC	26	LB	Jr. (Yr 4)	6′2″	245

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 USC 12 games, 92 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.San José State	W 30–⁠7	4	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 11	vs.Stanford	L 28–⁠42	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 18	atWashington State	W 45–⁠14	4	2	2	1	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Oregon State	L 27–⁠45	6	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 2	atColorado	W 37–⁠14	8	7	0	0	0	1
Oct 9	vs.Utah	L 26–⁠42	11	8	2	0	0	0
Oct 23	atNotre Dame	L 16–⁠31	7	5	0	0	0	1
Oct 30	vs.Arizona	W 41–⁠34	10	7	0	0	0	0
Nov 6	atArizona State	L 16–⁠31	11	10	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 20	vs.UCLA	L 33–⁠62	14	4	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 27	vs.BYU	L 31–⁠35	9	3	0.5	0	1	0
Dec 4	atCalifornia	L 14–⁠24	4	4	0	0	0	0

2020 USC 5 games, 30 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int
Nov 7	vs.Arizona State	W 28–⁠27	1	1	0	0
Nov 14	atArizona	W 34–⁠30	3	1	0	0
Dec 6	vs.Washington State	W 38–⁠13	3	2	0	0
Dec 12	atUCLA	W 43–⁠38	9	5	1	0
Dec 18	vs.Oregon	L 24–⁠31	14	2	0.5	1

2019 USC 12 games, 59 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Fresno State	W 31–⁠23	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Stanford	W 45–⁠20	4	2	1	0	0	0
Sep 20	vs.Utah	W 30–⁠23	2	1	0.5	0	0	0
Sep 28	atWashington	L 14–⁠28	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 12	atNotre Dame	L 27–⁠30	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 19	vs.Arizona	W 41–⁠14	13	5	2	1	1	0
Oct 25	atColorado	W 35–⁠31	8	7	1	0	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Oregon	L 24–⁠56	7	1	1.5	1	0	0
Nov 9	atArizona State	W 31–⁠26	8	6	0	0	0	0
Nov 16	atCalifornia	W 41–⁠17	5	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.UCLA	W 52–⁠35	6	4	1	1	0	2
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Iowa	L 24–⁠49	4	2	0	0	0	0

2018 USC 6 games, 12 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 1	vs.UNLV	W 43–⁠21	2	1	0	0
Sep 15	atTexas	L 14–⁠37	1	1	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Washington State	W 39–⁠36	1	0	0	0
Sep 29	atArizona	W 24–⁠20	0	0	0	1
Oct 13	vs.Colorado	W 31–⁠20	4	1	1	1
Oct 27	vs.Arizona State	L 35–⁠38	4	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2022
Height	6′0¾″
Weight	245 lb
Arm length	33¼″
Hand size	9¾″
Wingspan	77¼″
40-yard dash	4.67 s
10-yard split	1.67 s
Vertical jump	32″
Broad jump	9′7″
Bench press	21 reps
3-cone drill	7.27 s
20-yard shuttle	4.40 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 6 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2023	Las Vegas Raiders	2	3
2024	Las Vegas Raiders	4	3
NFL career		6	6

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

Years	League	Team
2026–	UFL	Orlando Storm

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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At a glance

Career highs