2018 Football Roster
Kekoa Nawahine
- Hometown:
- Meridian, Idaho
- Height:
- 6-2
- High School:
- Rocky Mountain HS
- Weight:
- 207
- Class:
- Junior
- Jim Thorpe Award Watch List (2018)
- Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Watch List (2018)
- 2x All-Mountain West Second Team (2017, 2019)
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention (2018)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Team (2017)
- 4x Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2016-17)
BOISE STATE CAREER
SENIOR (2019): Named to the All-Mountain West Second Team...appeared in 13 games, making 12 starts...led the team with three interceptions and two fumble recoveries, finished second in tackles (68)...recovered a fumble and made three solo tackles at Florida State (Aug. 31)...intercepted a pass, forced a fumble, had a tackle-for-loss among his three tackles against Marshall (Sept. 6)...finished with six tackles (one solo) against Air Force (Sept. 20)...made his second interception of the season, led the Broncos with seven tackles at UNLV (Oct. 5)...recovered a fumble and had two tackles against Hawai'i (Oct. 12)...made a team-high seven tackles (two solo) against New Mexico (Nov. 16)...led the team with nine tackles (four solo) at Colorado State (Nov. 29)...made an interception in the end zone, finished with three tackles against Hawai'i in the Mountain West Championship Game (Dec. 7)...led the team with 14 tackles (seven solo) against Washington (Dec. 21).
JUNIOR (2018): Named All-Mountain West Honorable Mention...included on preseason watch lists of the Jim Thorpe Award and Polynesian College Football Player of the Year...started all 12 games in which he appeared...led the Broncos with 71 tackles (39 solo), shared a tackle-for-loss, recovered two fumbles and forced another...made seven tackles (three solo) in the opener against Troy, including a forced fumble that was returned for a touchdown by Tyler Horton (Sept. 1)...had five tackles (three solo) against UConn (Sept. 8)...shared a tackle-for-loss among his seven tackles against San Diego State (Oct. 6)...recovered a fumble and made five tackles against Colorado State (Oct. 19)...made eight tackles (five solo) at Air Force (Oct. 27)...broke up a pass and made a team-high 10 tackles (five solo) against Fresno State (Nov. 9)...recovered a fumble and made six tackles (two solo) at New Mexico (Nov. 16).
SOPHOMORE (2017): Named to the All-Mountain West Second Team...started all 14 games, finishing second on the team with 108 tackles (65 solo), in addition to 4.5 tackles-for-loss...also intercepted three passes, recovered a fumble, and broke up four passes...made his first-career interception, broke up a pass, and made four solo tackles including one for loss against Troy (Sept. 2)...had 12 tackles and shared a tackle-for-loss at Washington State (Sept. 9)...recovered a fumble and returned it 14 yards, assisted on four tackles, including one for loss, against New Mexico (Sept. 14)...picked off his second pass of the season, which he returned 51 yards, and made a team-high nine tackles (seven solo) at BYU (Oct. 6)...broke up a pass, made a tackle-for-loss among his five tackles at San Diego State (Oct. 14)...collected seven tackles (four solo) vs. Wyoming (Oct. 21)...made seven tackles (four solo) and was credited with one pass breakup at Utah State (Oct. 29)...collected five total tackles (four solo) with one tackle-for-a-loss and one interception vs. Nevada (Nov. 4)...made a career-high 14 tackles (10 solo) at Colorado State (Nov. 11), leading all Bronco tacklers...for the second-straight game led the Bronco defense with seven total tackles, all solo vs. Air Force (Nov. 18)...led the team with 12 tackles (five solo) at Fresno State...tallied six tackles (one solo) vs. Fresno State (Dec. 2)...recorded 12 tackles (seven solo) at the Las Vegas Bowl against Oregon (Dec. 16).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-star recruit according to ESPN.com...also rated the fourth-best prospect in the state of Idaho by ESPN.com...rated the No. 5 prospect in Idaho by 247sports.com...played both wide receiver and defensive back...named to the Idaho Statesman 5A All-Idaho First Team on offense, and was second team on defense...caught 50 passes for 913 yards and five touchdowns his senior season...also earned first-team All-Southern Idaho Conference honors on both offense and defense...named first-team All-Southern Idaho Conference on defense following his junior season.
