2025 Football Roster

Jersey Number 18
Kai Wallin
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-5
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
- High School:
- Jesuit
2025 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in nine games, making seven starts
• Recorded 17 tackles with two tackles for loss, one sack, four quarterback hurries and a pass breakup
• Posted a 9-yard sack with three tackles in the win over Washington State
• Finished with two quarterback hurries, a pass breakup and three tackles in the win over Lafayette
• Tallied two QB hurries at App State
• Opened the season with three tackles against California. Also finished with three at Tulsa
NEBRASKA
• Saw action in 15 games over two seasons at Nebraska. Redshirted in 2023
• Made five tackles, four in 2024
• Recorded half a sack against Purdue
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in 2024
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2024
• Brook Berringer Citizenship Team member in 2024
AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE
• Spent one year at the California junior college program
• Finished with 33 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and five sacks in 10 games in 2022
• Ranked fifth in the NorCal Conference in sacks
• Also forced once fumble and had two fumble recoveries
JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL
• Made 35 tackles in 2021, his final season at Jesuit High School
• Recorded 14 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks
• Also caught 14 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns on the offense side of the ball
• Led Jesuit to a 10-2 record his senior season
PERSONAL
• Son of Danica and Josh Wallin
• Played in nine games, making seven starts
• Recorded 17 tackles with two tackles for loss, one sack, four quarterback hurries and a pass breakup
• Posted a 9-yard sack with three tackles in the win over Washington State
• Finished with two quarterback hurries, a pass breakup and three tackles in the win over Lafayette
• Tallied two QB hurries at App State
• Opened the season with three tackles against California. Also finished with three at Tulsa
NEBRASKA
• Saw action in 15 games over two seasons at Nebraska. Redshirted in 2023
• Made five tackles, four in 2024
• Recorded half a sack against Purdue
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in 2024
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2024
• Brook Berringer Citizenship Team member in 2024
AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE
• Spent one year at the California junior college program
• Finished with 33 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and five sacks in 10 games in 2022
• Ranked fifth in the NorCal Conference in sacks
• Also forced once fumble and had two fumble recoveries
JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL
• Made 35 tackles in 2021, his final season at Jesuit High School
• Recorded 14 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks
• Also caught 14 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns on the offense side of the ball
• Led Jesuit to a 10-2 record his senior season
PERSONAL
• Son of Danica and Josh Wallin
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