Junior running back for Liberty. 2022: 850 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 17 catches.
5′10″ · 190 lb · Denver, CO
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 2135 nationally · Signed with Hawai'i
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for Liberty. 2022: 850 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 17 catches.
Dae Dae Hunter
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Dae Dae Hunter has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 213 rush yds, 31 rec yds against BYU, Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Liberty, 1,684 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Hugh Freeze.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (92nd percentile). Strength: yards / carry (89th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 118 | 7.7 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 75.8 | 5.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 86.9 | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 121 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jamey Chadwell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #43 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022
W 21–19
at Arkansas
29 rush yds (9 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.
With A. Alves — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG · J. Bennett — 224 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 57.4 · 18 rush yds (9 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-27@ Southern Miss | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-14vs UAB | 10 | 64 | 6.4 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 3 | L 36-37@ Wake Forest | 17 | 89 | 5.2 | 1 | 43 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-12vs Akron | 18 | 118 | 6.6 | 1 | 31 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-24@ Old Dominion | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 2 | 32 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-24@ Massachusetts | 17 | 78 | 4.6 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-20vs Gardner-Webb | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 1 | 46 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-14vs BYU | 23 | 213 | 9.3 | 1 | 80 | Season-high 213 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 21-19@ Arkansas | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 129 | 850 | 6.4 | 8 | 80 |
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
29.0% of carries overall (126/435) → 23.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (19/80) — 68.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Player DNA
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Tyjae Spears’s 2021 season.
Matches Tyjae on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Tre Stewart’s path through Jacksonville State.
Matches Tre on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Keaton Mitchell's junior season at East Carolina (2022).
Matches Keaton on
Differs from Keaton on
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2022
Dae Dae Hunter finished 248th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.