Daniel Hishaw Jr.

Senior running back for Kansas. 2025: 587 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 6 catches.

RB · Kansas · Sr. · #9

5′10″ · 220 lb · Moore, OK

CFB Index 49 · #131 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Kansas for 2026

How he plays

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.

Success rate: 78th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

587

rushing yards · 2025

5 TD · 4.7 per carry · 6 catches

Best game: 107 rush yds, 1 TD, vs Utah

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Kansas. 2025: 587 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 6 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2020.

The full story, with sources

Daniel Hishaw Jr.

RB · Kansas · Sr · #9

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Daniel Hishaw Jr. has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Kansas. The receipt: 107 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Utah — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2025Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #131 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#102 / 456 · 78th pct

49.6%

EPA / carry#273 / 456 · 40th pct

0.08

Yards / carry#297 / 456 · 35th pct

4.6

Explosive rate#314 / 456 · 31st pct

4.8%

TD rate#394 / 456 · 14th pct

0.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Carries#104 / 349 · 70th pct

124

Rush yards#121 / 349 · 65th pct

587

Rush TDs#115 / 349 · 62nd pct

Yards / carry#200 / 349 · 41st pct

4.7

Receptions#253 / 338 · 23rd pct

Rec yards#275 / 338 · 19th pct

Long run#295 / 349 · 14th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

85th → 40th percentile

Success rate

72nd → 78th percentile

Explosive rate

25th → 31st percentile

Yards / carry

75th → 35th percentile

TD rate

51st → 14th percentile

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

125 carries

19%

Stuffed (≤0)

26%

Grind (1–3)

45%

Chunk (4–9)

10%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	67.7	4.9	0.8
Road4g	45.2	4.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	46.2	4.9	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	71.2	4.6	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #131 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #131 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #18 of 35 Big 12 RBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kansas	124	587	4.7	5	--
2024	Kansas	65	376	5.8	3	--
2023	Kansas	121	626	5.2	8	--
2022	Kansas	44	259	5.9	5	--
2020	Kansas	52	229	4.4	2	--
Career		406	2,077	5.1	23	--

Season	Team
2025	Kansas	6	33	5.5	0	--
2024	Kansas	3	33	11.0	0	--
2023	Kansas	1	9	9.0	0	--
2022	Kansas	3	95	31.7	1	--
2020	Kansas	5	28	5.6	0	--
Career		18	198	11.0	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 46–7

vs Wagner

89 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 39-point win at home against Wagner.

With J. Daniels — 280 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.7 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · T. Nagy — 2 rec · 20 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Fresno State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -3.87Daniel Hishaw Jr. run for a loss of 1 yard to the FRES 16 Kansas Penalty, Defensive holding (Amir Herring) to the FRES 16
Week 1 · Wagner · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Daniel Hishaw Jr. run for 20 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 14 · Utah · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.61(12:05) Shotgun #9 D.Hishaw Jr. rush right for 7 yards gain to the UTAH00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:03 #99 L.Marjan kick attempt good (H: #37 G.Addison, LS: #51 E.Duggar)
Week 14 · Utah · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.24(06:42) Shotgun #9 D.Hishaw Jr. rush right for 7 yards gain to the KU49 (#5 T.Johnson), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Kansas State · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21(00:37) Shotgun #9 D.Hishaw Jr. rush middle for 3 yards gain to the KSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:30 #99 L.Marjan kick attempt good (H: #37 G.Addison, LS: #51 E.Duggar)
Week 10 · Oklahoma State · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.21(13:51) Shotgun #9 D.Hishaw Jr. rush right for 3 yards gain to the OSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:49 #99 L.Marjan kick attempt good (H: #37 G.Addison, LS: #51 E.Duggar)
Week 11 · Arizona · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.18(06:12) Shotgun #9 D.Hishaw Jr. rush middle for 17 yards gain to the ARIZ29 (#43 D.Johnson; #8 J.Cole), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Oklahoma State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.17(09:27) Shotgun #9 D.Hishaw Jr. rush left for 12 yards gain to the KU46 (#27 R.Gay II), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Kansas State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.15(01:59) Shotgun #6 J.Daniels pass complete short middle to #9 D.Hishaw Jr. caught at KSU30, for 14 yards to the KSU22, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Kansas State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.81(06:28) Shotgun #9 D.Hishaw Jr. rush right for 10 yards gain to the KSU41 (#39 T.Bates), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Fresno State	13	69	5.3	0	21
Wk 1	W 46-7vs Wagner	14	89	6.4	1	20
Wk 2	L 31-42@ Missouri	6	11	1.8	0	5
Wk 4	W 41-10vs West Virginia	2	9	4.5	0	7
Wk 7	L 17-42@ Texas Tech	8	53	6.6	0	17
Wk 9	L 17-42vs Kansas State	19	67	3.5	1	10
Wk 10	W 38-21vs Oklahoma State	14	65	4.6	2	16
Wk 11	L 20-24@ Arizona	18	67	3.7	0	17
Wk 13	L 14-38@ Iowa State	8	50	6.3	0	22
Wk 14	L 21-31vs Utah	22	107	4.9	1	14	Season-high 107 yds
Total		124	587	4.8	5	22

How he plays

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

CFB Index positional classification

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

7/27Inside-5 share

7 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (25.9%).

2026 Outlook

Kansas

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Kansas

Returning around him

18% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
2 Kansas players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +5 net (31 in / 26 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Kansas · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #62 · 2026 recruiting class #61

DNA match

Player DNA

Workhorse

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to DK Billingsley’s 2022 season.

DK Billingsley

77%match

Troy · 2022

Treyson Potts

Minnesota · 2021

76%

Ikaika Ragsdale

North Texas · 2021

75%

Harrison Waylee

Virginia · 2025

74%

Marcus Carroll

Georgia State · 2022

74%

Matches DK on

Yards / carry

Rush TD rate

Differs from DK on

Height (lower)

EPA / carry (adj) (higher)

Class year (higher)

Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Julius Loughridge’s path through Fordham.

Julius Loughridge

98%match

Fordham · 2024

Corey Taylor II

Tulsa · 2020

97%

CJ Marable

Coastal Carolina · 2020

All-Sun Belt

94%

Damien Taylor

Ole Miss · 2025

All-Sun Belt

89%

Oscar Adaway III

South Carolina · 2025

89%

Matches Julius on

Yards per carry

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Delbert Mimms III's graduate season at Eastern Michigan (2024).

Delbert Mimms III

77%match

Eastern Michigan · 2024

Harrison Waylee

Wyoming · 2024

All-MAC

76%

Ahmani Marshall

App State · 2024

All-Sun Belt

74%

Avery Morrow

Colorado State · 2024

All-Mountain West

74%

Deion Hankins

Texas State · 2024

All-Conference USA

72%

Matches Delbert on

Rush TD rate

Yards / carry

Height

Differs from Delbert on

Yards / reception (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Daniel Hishaw Jr.

Leshon Williams

Kansas · 2025

75%

Damien Taylor

Troy · 2024

74%

Terion Stewart

Bowling Green · 2023

68%

Cornell Hatcher Jr.

Oregon State · 2025

67%

Kylin James

UNLV · 2024

67%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Daniel Hishaw Jr.

Attention percentile: 9th · Production percentile: 31st

20207 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Workhorse

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