Senior running back for Boise State. 2023: 744 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 17 catches.
5′11″ · 210 lb · Bellflower, CA
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. 498 nationally · Signed with St. John Bosco
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Boise State. 2023: 744 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 17 catches.
George Holani
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. George Holani has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Boise State. In 2022 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 178 rush yds, 9 rec yds against Utah State — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Boise State, 3,568 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM
All-Mountain West 2nd team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Bryan Harsin, Andy Avalos, and Spencer Danielson. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: long run (94th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (84th 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).
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 90.0 | 5.3 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 96.0 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 94.5 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 92.5 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Spencer Danielson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #65 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Boise State | 133 | 744 | 5.6 | 7 | -- |
| 2022 | Boise State | 221 | 1,157 | 5.2 | 10 | -- |
| 2021 | Boise State | 119 | 569 | 4.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Boise State | 19 | 108 | 5.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Boise State | 186 | 990 | 5.3 | 6 | -- |
| Career | 678 | 3,568 | 5.3 | 25 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Boise State | 17 | 199 | 11.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Boise State | 24 | 151 | 6.3 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Boise State | 14 | 169 | 12.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Boise State | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Boise State | 26 | 206 | 7.9 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 88 | 777 | 8.8 | 8 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 19-56@ Washington | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | W 32-7vs Wyoming | 20 | 75 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-37@ Fresno State | 19 | 79 | 4.2 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-14vs New Mexico | 16 | 95 | 5.9 | 2 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-10@ Utah State | 15 | 178 | 11.9 | 2 | 75 | Season-high 178 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 27-19vs Air Force | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 14 | W 44-20@ UNLV | 20 | 76 | 3.8 | 0 | 31 | |
| Bowl | L 22-35vs UCLA | 17 | 138 | 8.1 | 2 | 66 | |
| Total | 133 | 744 | 5.8 | 7 | 75 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
31.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 15.3% of his carries. 10 carries for 51 yds vs Washington; 15 for 178 vs Utah State.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (19.2%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Devin Neal’s 2022 season.
Matches Devin on
Differs from Devin on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Tyler Purdy’s path through James Madison.
Matches Tyler on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Star Thomas's graduate season at Tennessee (2025).
Matches Star on
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2023
George Holani finished 185th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.