Keali'i Ah Yat

Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Height:
6-1
Weight:
192
Position:
QB
Hometown:
Kaneohe, Hawaii
High School:
Kamehameha HS

2025: (R-So.):
• Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (9/22)
Enters the year with 1,392 career passing yards and 144 rush yards with 7 TDs on the ground and 8 passing... Earned the starting job at UM as a sophomore during fall camp... Set new career highs for passing yards in each of the first three games of the season... Led Montana to a thrilling win over North Dakota with a two-minute drill touchdown pass... Earned Big Sky Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career with 313 passing yards on 22 completions with two touchdowns and another rushing touchdown against Indiana State.

2024 (R-Fr.):
• Tied school record with 4 TD runs vs WCU
Started 6, and saw action in 11 games as a redshirt freshman under center… Generated 1,280 yards of total offense (116.4 YPG) with 1,121 passing and 159 rushing on 246 total snaps… Responsible for 14 total TDs, split evenly with 7 rushing and 7 passing… Was third on the team in scoring with 7 rushing TDs and a two-point conversion accounting for 42 points… Tied a school record with 4 rushing touchdowns in a game vs Western Carolina… Set a new career high 57 rushing yards against Western Carolina as well… Passed for two TDs in two different games (at UNC and at SDSU)… Completed 112 of 189 passes with 6 INTs on the season…

2023 (Fr.): Saw action in three regular season games and two playoff games as a true freshman to retain his redshirt status… Showed poise and promise after completing 26 of 38 passes (.684) for 271 yards and one TD… Threw his first career TD against Northern Colorado in his first career appearance as a Grizzly on 10/28… Had a career-high day with 131 passing yards and a career-long pass of 39 yards at Portland State… Went 6-of-7 (.857) for 47 yards passing in the FCS title game vs. South Dakota St.

High School: As a senior Ah Yat threw for 1,249 yards and nine touchdowns, completing 117 of 210 passes in eight games… Rushed for 104 yards and four touchdowns on 66 attempts… As a junior threw 10 touchdowns and ran for three more… Threw for a career high 346 and four touchdowns against the storied Saint Louis Crusaders program out of Honolulu… Named All-Hawaii Open Division honorable mention as a junior.

Personal: Father Brian Ah Yat is a Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame and All-America quarterback who led Montana to the 1996 1-AA national championship game.

Career Single Game High
Passing Yards: 313 (vs Indiana St, 2025)
Passing Touchdowns: 2 (multiple times)
Passing Completions: 25 (vs North Dakota, 2025)
Longest Pass: 76 (vs Central Washington, 2025)
Rushing Yards: 57 (vs Western Carolina, 2024)
Rushing Touchdowns 4 (vs Western Carolina, 2024) *Tied school record

Pronounced: KAY-ah-LEE-ee Ah YACHT