Senior running back for BYU. 2019: 190 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 2 catches.
5′11″ · 225 lb · Grand Prairie, TX
The story
4 running back for BYU. 2019: 190 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 2 catches.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 2537 nationally · Signed with Rice
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonEmmanuel Esukpa
Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 61 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Toledo — Week 5, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at BYU, 968 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (4th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 21.0 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 31.8 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 30.7 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019
W 30–27
vs USC
14 rush yds (6 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With Z. Wilson — 280 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.2 · 10 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · J. Oldroyd — 43 LONG · 75 PCT · 12 PTS
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 29-26@ Tennessee | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-27vs USC | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-45vs Washington | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-28@ Toledo | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 1 | 32 | Season-high 61 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 23-27@ South Florida | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-14@ Utah State | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bowl | L 34-38vs Hawai'i | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 190 | 3.5 | 2 | 32 |