Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele
American football player (born 2006)
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Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (born August 2, 2006) nicknamed "JKS" is an American football quarterback for the California Golden Bears.
| No. 3 – California Golden Bears | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
| Class | Sophomore | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 2, 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | James Campbell (Ewa Beach, Hawaii) | ||||||||||||||
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| Career statistics as of Week 14, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
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Early life
Sagapolutele initially attended the Saint Louis School in Honolulu, Hawaii where he played on the junior varsity team as a freshman.[1] As a sophomore, he earned the starting quarterback spot at James Campbell High School.[2] Ahead of his senior season, Sagapolutele competed in the Elite 11 competition.[3] As a senior he tossed for 3,404 yards and 46 touchdowns against three interceptions before suffering a season-ending knee injury.[4] Sagapolutele was named the 2024 MaxPreps Hawaii High School Football Player of the Year.[5] He set the Hawaii state record with 10,653 career passing yards, surpassing Dillon Gabriel.[4]
Recruiting
Coming out of high school, Sagapolutele was rated as a four-star recruit, the ninth overall quarterback, and the 88th overall player in the class of 2024.[by whom?][6] He received offers from schools such as California, Oregon, Georgia, Colorado, and Boise State.[7] Sagapolutele initially verbally committed to play college football for the California Golden Bears[8] before flipping his commitment and signing to play for the Oregon Ducks instead.[9]
College career
After initially enrolling at the University of Oregon in 2024, Sagapolutele entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal before the start of his freshman season.[6] In January 2025, he transferred to play at the University of California, Berkeley, where he had previously committed to play prior to going to Oregon.[5] Heading into the 2025 season, he competed with Devin Brown for the Golden Bears' starting quarterback job.[10][11] On August 18, 2025, head coach Justin Wilcox named Sagapolutele as starting quarterback for the season opener against Oregon State.[12] Sagapolutele joined Jared Goff as the only true freshman quarterbacks to start a season opener for Cal.
On August 30, 2025, Sagapolutele passed for 234 yards and three touchdowns in a 34–15 win at Oregon State, and was named ACC Rookie of the Week.[13] Sagapolutele announced he was continuing with the Bears for the 2026 season, after incoming head coach Tosh Lupoi visited him in Hawaii.[14]
Statistics
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2025 | California | 13 | 13 | 7–6 | 316 | 492 | 64.2 | 3,454 | 7.0 | 18 | 9 | 131.6 | 60 | –120 | –2.0 | 4 |
| 2026 | California | |||||||||||||||
| Career | 13 | 13 | 7–6 | 316 | 492 | 64.2 | 3,454 | 7.0 | 18 | 9 | 131.6 | 60 | –120 | –2.0 | 4 | |
Personal life
Sagapolutele is the younger brother of Portland State quarterback John-Keawe Sagapolutele.[15] He is the nephew of the late Pio Sagapolutele, a former defensive lineman.[16]