2024 (Redshirt Junior Season): Played in all 12 games, starting the final 10 games of the season … finished third on the team with 80 tackles and was third on the team with 4.5 TFLs … his 25 yards on those TFLs led the team … had a career-high 17 tackles with a half-tackle for loss against Air Force … the 17 tackles was the most by any Lobo during the season … had another double-digit tackle game with 15 tackles against San Diego State … also had a key sack in that game the occured with nine seconds left in the half and forced a timeout while knocking SDSU out of field goal range … had two pass breakups including one on SDSU’s final drive of the game … recorded 11 tackles at Colorado State … had a seven-tackle game against Utah State and six against Fresno State … finished the season with three tackles, a TFL and a pass breakup against Hawai’i … against New Mexico State he had four tackles but two TFLs.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore Season, Nebraska): Did not see any game action.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman Season, Nebraska):Did not see any game action.
2021 (Freshman Season, Nebraska): Redshirted.
High School: Lettered in football at Washington High School … consensus top prospect in South Dakota and ranked as a four-star recruit in the 247Sports Composite rankings, which tabbed Kpai as the nation’s No. 15 outside linebacker recruit and No. 253 overall prospect … earned second-team All-America honors from Sports Illustrated as a senior … finished his prep career with 218 tackles, 30 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries, according to the Argus Leader … named to the Argus Leader Elite 45 team as both a junior and a senior … made 79 tackles with 9.5 tackles for loss, four sacks and two forced fumbles as a senior … as a junior, he recorded 63 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and two fumble recoveries … as a sophomore, Kpai helped Washington finish as the state runner-up.
Personal: Parents are Eric and U-Tee Kpai … birthday is February 1, 2003 … majoring in secondary education.
