Every transfer is a wager; DeVon Rice and Hawai'i are still waiting to see how this one pays.
5′9″ · 180 lb · Las Vegas, NV
The numbers
rushing yards · 2026
3 TD · 4 per carry · 10 catches
3 games into 2026 so far
The play that turned itSwung Hawai'i from 40% to 71% to win.Hawai'i at Stanford · 37-27
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 running back for Hawai'i. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
“University of Hawaii Football • Re: 2026 Kansas State transfer RB DeVon Rice signs script script”
DeVon Rice
DeVon Rice arrives at Hawai'i with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-15
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Timmy Chang.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Hawai'i
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (89th percentile). Strength: receptions (90th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (11th 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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 66.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 |
| Road1g | 35.0 | 3.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 55.7 | 3.9 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
63.7%
142 pass / 81 run
Plays / game
74.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
155 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hawai'i | 42 | 167 | 4.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2025 | Kansas State | 26 | 94 | 3.6 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 69 | 260 | 3.8 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hawai'i | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2025 | Kansas State | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Kansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 29–19
59 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD
With M. Alejado — 346 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · -4 rush yds (3 car) · G. Heil — 45 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 63 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-37@ Stanford | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 1 | 10 | Season-high 73 yds |
| Wk 1 | L 6-21vs UNLV | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 73 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 29-19vs New Mexico State | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 2 | 15 | |
| Total | 42 | 167 | 3.9 | 3 | 16 |
Play style
Wins in space out of the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Jamal Wilson’s 2015 season.
Matches Jamal on
Differs from Jamal on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jamarie Hostzclaw’s path through Alabama State.
Jamarie Hostzclaw
Aziz Foster-Powell
Travis Theis
Rashawn Marshall
Isaiah Ragland
Matches Jamarie on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kevin Jennings's junior season at SMU (2024).
Matches Kevin on
Differs from Kevin on
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