Alaka_iInfo

Career Honors

  • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2023)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Greg Piers Award (2020)
  • Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award Watch List

As a Senior (2023)

  • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award Watch List
  • Started the first nine games of the season at safety before missing the final three games
  • Finished the season fifth on the team with 50 tackles and was third with three passes defended
  • Paced the defense with seven tackles at Hawai'i in the season opener
  • Intercepted Shedeur Sanders in the endzone to help set up the game-winning field goal at Colorado, capping off a 29-point comeback (Oct. 13)
  • Set a new career-high with nine tackles against No. 5 Washington (Oct. 28)

As a Junior (2022)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in all 12 games throughout the season, earning two starts
  • Finished the season with 38 tackles (21 solo), two tackles-for-loss for 20 yards, and an interception
  • Entered for injured Patrick Fields (on first defensive play) and tied for team lead with nine tackles (1 TFL) in Stanford's game against Washington State (Nov. 5)
  • Recorded first career interception in the 125th Big Game (Nov. 19)

As a Sophomore (2021)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in 10 games with two starts
  • Had 20 tackles on the season, 13 solo
  • Made his first career start, at free safety, against No. 24 UCLA . . . posted a career-high nine tackles (Sept. 25)

As a Freshman (2020)

  • Greg Piers Award
  • Played in each of the final two games on special teams
  • Made one tackle

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at Punahou School and played for head coach Kale Ane
  • Lettered four years in football
  • Ranked as a four-star recruit and No. 335 nationally by PrepStar
  • Rated No. 4 in Hawaii by PrepStar, No. 7 by ESPN and No. 8 by 247Sports
  • As a safety, ranked No. 28 by PrepStar, No. 34 by 247Sports and No. 35 by ESPN
  • Participated in the 2020 Polynesian Bowl 
  • Three-year starter and two-time team captain, leading team to three consecutive 10-1 records
  • Two-time All-InterScholastic League of Hawaii (ILH) first team (2018-19)
  • All-state first team (2018)
  • All-ILH second team (2017)
  • All-state honorable mention (2017)
  • Totaled more than 50 tackles, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries, five pass breakups and one touchdown as a senior in 2019
  • Had 42 tackles, seven interceptions, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and two touchdowns in 2018 as a junior
  • Registered more than 40 tackles with six pass breakups, one interception, one forced fumble and 2.5 sacks as a sophomore in 2017
  • Also competed in basketball and track
  • Member of National Honor Society and Dean’s List

Personal

  • Full name is Kealaka’ikula’emaikalani Keawekahikuonamoku Gilman
  • Son of Asai and Keawe Gilman
  • Father played football at Southern Utah University
  • Has six siblings, Kawelina, Kaena, Alohi, Makana, Nui and Kealoha
  • Sister, Kawelina, played soccer and rugby at Utah Valley University and BYU-Hawaii
  • Brother, Alohi, plays for the Los Angeles Chargers
  • The middle of seven children
  • Hawaiian descent – grandmother is pure Hawaiian
  • Attended same high school as former teammate Jet Toner
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2020
Safety
5-11 / 197 lbs
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2021
Safety
5-11 / 195 lbs
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2023
Safety
5-10 / 194 lbs