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Koa Akui

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Sacramento State (transfer)Ht / Wt  5'10" · 193 lbHometown  Hilo, Hawai’i · Hilo

Depth-chart placement

Current role

FS1

Placement

Starter

Room

Safety

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Koa Akui holds the FS · Starter spot in Rice Owls’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

SS · StarterDaveon HookStarter

FS · StarterKoa AkuiStarter

SS · BackupAhran OgborBackup

FS · BackupBailey FletcherBackup

Transfer history

2026Sacramento State→Rice Owls

Background & career

Koa Akui is a free safety from Hilo, Hawai'i, who stands 5'10" and weighs 193 pounds. He transferred to Rice from Sacramento State and enters the 2026 season as a redshirt senior or true redshirt junior.

Sacramento Statethrough 2025

Rice2026 — present

Previous schoolSacramento StateOriginHilo, Hawai’i · Hilo