Listed measurements: 6-foot-1, 210 pounds.
2021-22 year, eligibility: A freshman, Kia has four seasons of eligibility remaining, but he is expected to interrupt them with a two-year mission as a practicing member of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Kia will most likely take that mission in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years, then returning to Notre Dame as a sophomore for the 2024 season.
Depth Chart: Kia looks and plays like a prototypical middle linebacker, or Mike, where he will be no higher than fourth-string for the Irish this season, behind fifth-year Drew White, senior Bo Bauer and junior JD Bertrand.
Notre Dame 99-to-0: No. 55 Kahanu Kia, freshman linebacker, Hawaiian, LDS member
