Shaydon Kehano is a record-setting receiver, at any level of competition.

From his days scoring touchdowns in Pop Warner to recording more than 2,000 receiving yards in two seasons at Castle, Kehano has excelled as a wide receiver.

Another step up to college hasn’t changed that fact, as Kehano again takes aim at the record books.

The Weber State senior has already caught 47 passes for 527 yards and six touchdowns this season and is 15th on the school’s career receiving list.

The 2010 Castle alumnus is tied for third in career touchdowns and can cap off quite the senior year if he can match his first-half total over the final six games.

"I’m happy with what I’ve been able to contribute to the team, so right now I’m just trying to maintain that," Kehano said.

It hasn’t been easy for Kehano, as the Wildcats have yet to win a game, going 0-6 and losing their last two games by six points or less.

Despite his team’s struggles, Kehano currently leads the Big Sky Conference with 7.8 receptions per game and is fifth in receiving yards per game at 87.8

He has managed to continue his high school success at the FCS level after catching 108 passes for 2,053 yards and 29 touchdowns in two seasons with the Knights.

He is one of six receivers since 1997 from Oahu schools to have more than 2,000 yards receiving in a career and his 20 receiving touchdowns as a senior trail only Saint Louis’ Gerald Welch in a single season.

Despite his success, Kehano didn’t receive much interest from schools and was planning on walking on at Nevada when his high school coach, Nelson Maeda, interrupted him during class one day.

"Coach Maeda came into class and said he needed to talk to me in his office," Kehano said. "We want to his office and Coach (Ron) McBride, who was the coach at Weber State at the time, was there and wanted to talk to me.

"We talked for a while and then he talked to my family and we had dinner at Denny’s and eventually he offered me (a scholarship)."

Kehano took it and started his first game as a true freshman, scoring a touchdown at Boston College.

He didn’t play much the rest of the year but came back as a sophomore to lead the team in receiving with 883 yards and eight touchdowns.

Unfortunately, his success didn’t continue into his junior year, as he suffered the first of two broken legs in his third game of the season.

Kehano was granted a medical redshirt and came back in 2013, but suffered the same injury a week before the season started and again had to sit out.

"I had a breakout year my sophomore year and was hoping to have a good season my junior year, but I broke my leg and then ended up breaking it again," Kehano said. "I was scared at first thinking, ‘Dangit, am I going to be the same?’ But we have good trainers and I worked hard in rehab and honestly now, this is probably the best I’ve ever been."

His best game came in the opener against Pac-12 member Arizona State, which is ranked 17th in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Kehano had six catches for 99 yards and a touchdown against the Sun Devils and returned two punts for 19 and 25 yards.

Kehano says he’s always had a knack for scoring, dating back to when he played Pop Warner football for the Kahaluu Broncos.

"I was always the one scoring touchdowns and even my dad would always tell me that to score this amount of touchdowns means I have some gift," Kehano said. "I always knew I could play at the next level, but I just didn’t know where I was going to go."

McBride came in at the last minute with the only scholarship offer Kehano received. Instead of trying to make it at Nevada as a walk-on, he got a free education at Weber State.

The Wildcats’ gain surely ended up being the Wolf Pack’s loss.

SHAYDON KEHANO
School: Weber State
Class: Senior
Height: 5 feet 11
Position: WR
High school: Castle (2010)