Kealiʻi Ah Yat is American college football quarterback for the Montana Grizzlies.
He is from Kaneohe, Hawaii, and attended Kamehameha Schools. In 2025 he was a redshirt sophomore for the Grizzlies and in October was named Big Sky Player of the Week. He wears #8. He and teammate Michael Wortham were finalists for the Walter Payton Award in 2025.
His father is Brian Ah Yat who led Montana to the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA National Championship Game, was an All-America quarterback, played professionally in Canada, and is in the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame. Offensive coordinator Brian Pease coached both players at Montana. Tehanee Ah Yat is his mother.
In 2025, he passed for 3,819 yards with 32 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. He led his team to the FCS semi-finals beating South Dakota State in the second round 50–29 and passing for four touchdowns, and then defeating South Dakota 52–22 in the quarterfinals. His team won 13 games in 2025, losing only twice, both times to Montana State, first in the de facto Big Sky championship losing 31–28 and in the FCS semi-finals in Bozeman 48–23.
Statistics Season Team Games Passing Rushing 2023 Montana 5 0 — 26 38 68.4 271 7.1 1 0 137.0 7 -15 -2.1 0 2024 Montana 11 6 4–2 113 190 59.5 1,111 5.8 7 6 114.4 57 159 2.8 7 2025 Montana 15 15 13–2 325 470 69.1 4,070 8.7 33 9 161.2 68 67 1.0 8 Career 31 21 17–4 464 698 66.5 5,452 7.8 41 15 147.2 132 211 1.6 15
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