Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/26Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (7.7%).
Dayton Furuta
Dayton Furuta: RB · Hawai'i · #7.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Dayton Furuta
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Four seasons in the Hawai'i backfield to date. On tape: 42 rushing yards and 4 receiving yards against Arizona, Week 1, 2019.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Hawai'i in the news
- June Jones, former Hawai'i coach, dies at 73
New York Post Oct 29
Where to follow
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-38vs Arizona | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-28vs Oregon State | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | W 54-3@ Nevada | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-31vs Army | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 15 | L 10-31@ No. 19 Boise State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
 Bowl | W 38-34vs BYU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 1 | 17 |
Signature game
Week 1 · 2019
W 45-38
vs Arizona
42 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 4 yds
Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.
With C. McDonald — 378 yds · 4 TD · 4 INT · QBR 82.6 · 21 rush yds (6 car) · C. Byrd II — 14 rec · 224 yds · 4 TD
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 14 · Army · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.46Cole McDonald pass complete to Dayton Furuta for 8 yds to the Army 42 for a
- Week 1 · Arizona · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.21Dayton Furuta run for 3 yds for a TD, (Ryan Meskell KICK)
- Week 1 · Arizona · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.66Dayton Furuta run for 17 yds to the Ariz 37 Dayton Furuta fumbled, forced by Christian Young, recovered by Ariz Christian Young
- Week 1 · Arizona · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA −0.70Dayton Furuta run for no gain to the Hawa 34
- Week 2 · Oregon State · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA −0.62Dayton Furuta run for 2 yds to the OrgSt 47
- Week 15 · Boise State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.60Cole McDonald pass complete to Dayton Furuta for 2 yds to the 50 yard line
4 more plays
- Week 1 · BYU · 1st and 3 · Q2 · EPA −0.60Dayton Furuta run for 1 yd to the BYU 2
- Week 14 · Army · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA −0.49Dayton Furuta run for 1 yd to the Hawa 41
- Week 1 · Arizona · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.45Dayton Furuta run for 15 yds to the Ariz 7 for a
- Week 14 · Army · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.45Cole McDonald pass complete to Dayton Furuta for a loss of 1 yard to the Army 20
Teams and coaches
4 seasons under Nick Rolovich — 28-27 over that span.
2016Hawai'i7-7HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced
2017Hawai'i3-9HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced
2018Hawai'i8-6HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning
2019Hawai'i10-5HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 20.3 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 12.2 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 9.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Rolovich
Pass share
60.7%
634 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
69.6
15 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
671 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2019
13 carries and 6 catches in 6 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons at Hawai'i
- 2020 Hawai'i GrahamYear 5 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2019 Hawai'i RolovichYear 4 · 6 games
- 2018 Hawai'i RolovichYear 3 · 12 games
- 2017 Hawai'i RolovichYear 2 · 4 games
- 2016 Hawai'i RolovichYear 1 · 2 games
How it ended
Four seasons at Hawai'i, 526 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coaches2016–2019
Hawai'i
Coaching transition mid-career: Nick Rolovich → Todd Graham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.