Receiver, Nebraska (from California), 2015–⁠19

Kanawai Noa

Number
No. 9
Height
6′0″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2019)
Senior
Hometown
Honolulu, HI

Kanawai Noa played receiver at California (2015–⁠18) and Nebraska (2019).

Career highs

7catches, career highfour times; last at BYU, 2018126receiving yards, career highat Oregon, 20172receiving touchdowns, career highat Colorado, 2017

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2015California77610.9021
2016California33411.3018
2017California5678814.1475
2018California2835312.6252
2019Nebraska1724514.4236
Career1111,49613.5875

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2015California49404150
2019Nebraska–––100
Career49405150

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2016California430.50.500
2019Nebraska210000
Career640.50.500

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015California9WRYr 1
2016California9WRYr 2
2017California9WRYr 3
2018California9WRYr 4
2019Nebraska9WRSr. (Yr 5)6′0″200

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2015California100.60––6.0–
2016California40.21––0.9–
2017California880.7178th (n=507)0.5262.910%
2018California400.7073rd (n=497)0.5328.27%
2019Nebraska310.155th (n=499)0.544.76%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2019 Nebraska 8 games, 17 catches, 245 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 7atColoradoL 31–⁠34–––––
Sep 14vs.Northern IllinoisW 44–⁠8351127–
Sep 21atIllinoisW 42–⁠381505–
Sep 28vs.Ohio StateL 7–⁠481505–
Oct 5vs.NorthwesternW 13–⁠1021308–
Oct 26vs.IndianaL 31–⁠38352124–
Nov 2atPurdueL 27–⁠31447034–
Nov 16vs.WisconsinL 21–⁠37372036–
2018 California 8 games, 28 catches, 353 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.North CarolinaW 24–⁠1731507–
Sep 8atBYUW 21–⁠1879315211
Sep 29vs.OregonL 24–⁠42446024–
Oct 6atArizonaL 17–⁠24348030–
Oct 13vs.UCLAL 7–⁠3721409–
Oct 20atOregon StateW 49–⁠7573125–
Oct 27vs.WashingtonW 12–⁠10221015–
Dec 26 ✦vs.TCUL 7–⁠10243030–
2017 California 11 games, 56 catches, 788 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atNorth CarolinaW 35–⁠30228014–
Sep 9vs.Weber StateW 33–⁠20328016–
Sep 16vs.Ole MissW 27–⁠16681028–
Sep 23vs.USCL 20–⁠306110038–
Sep 30atOregonL 24–⁠457126175–
Oct 13vs.Washington StateW 37–⁠3695027–
Oct 21vs.ArizonaL 44–⁠45679119–
Oct 28atColoradoL 28–⁠447108227–
Nov 4vs.Oregon StateW 37–⁠23441018–
Nov 18atStanfordL 14–⁠172504–
Nov 24atUCLAL 27–⁠30787021–
2016 California 3 games, 4 tackles, 0.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 26vs.Hawai’iW 51–⁠31118018–
Sep 10atSan Diego StateL 40–⁠4521608–
Nov 5vs.WashingtonL 27–⁠66–––––
2015 California 7 games, 8 returns, 109 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.GramblingW 73–⁠14448021–
Oct 3vs.Washington StateW 34–⁠28120020–
Oct 10atUtahL 24–⁠30–––––
Nov 7atOregonL 28–⁠44–––––
Nov 14vs.Oregon StateW 54–⁠241202–
Nov 21atStanfordL 22–⁠351606–
Nov 28vs.Arizona StateW 48–⁠46–––––

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

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