Senior running back for Northwestern. 2018: 116 rushing yards, 12 catches.
5′6″ · 180 lb · Honolulu, HI
The story
4 running back for Northwestern. 2018: 116 rushing yards, 12 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearChad Hanaoka
Third year in the Northwestern backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 48 rush yds, 8 rec yds against Illinois, Week 13, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northwestern, 123 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 29-11 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 15.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 11.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 16.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Northwestern | 21 | 116 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | Northwestern | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 23 | 123 | 5.3 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Northwestern | 12 | 63 | 5.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 63 | 5.2 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2018
W 31–20
at Utah
2 rush yds (1 car)
With J. Collins — 38 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG · C. Thorson — 241 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · -6 rush yds (5 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | W 34-31vs Nebraska | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 18-15@ Rutgers | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-17vs Wisconsin | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs Notre Dame | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 14-10@ Iowa | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-14@ Minnesota | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-16vs Illinois | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 48 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45@ Ohio State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 31-20@ Utah | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 21 | 116 | 5.5 | 0 | 14 |