UNLV Rebels · LB RoomLB

#8 Kamuela Ka'aihue

Class  SRStatus  ReturningHt / Wt  6'2" · 240 lbHometown  Papakolea, HI · President Theodore Roosevelt HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

MLB1

Placement

Starter

Room

Linebacker

Experience

4-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-28

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LB room context

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Kamuela Ka'aihue holds the MLB · Starter spot in UNLV Rebels’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

MLB · StarterKamuela Ka'aihueStarter

WLB · StarterBlesyng Alualu-TuiolemotuStarter

MLB · BackupJustin FloweBackup

WLB · BackupDee CraytonBackup

Production

2025 season

Latest season · 2025

Tackles

TFL

0.5

Sacks

Background & career

Kamuela Ka'aihue is a 6'2", 240-pound middle linebacker for the UNLV Rebels. A native of Papakolea, Hawaii, Ka'aihue attended President Theodore Roosevelt High School before joining Arizona as a three-star recruit in the 2023 class. He transferred to UNLV and enters his senior year in 2026. In 2025, Ka'aihue recorded 23 total tackles, 12 solo tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks.

Arizona2023 – 2024

UNLV2025 — present

Previous schoolArizonaRecruiting3-star · No. 1758 nationalOriginPapakolea, HI · President Theodore Roosevelt HS