Former running back at BYU. 2024: 360 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
5′9″ · 220 lb · Downey, 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. 228 nationally · Joined BYU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at BYU. 2024: 360 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
Hinckley Ropati
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. He has spent three seasons in the BYU backfield. The receipt on tape: 83 rush yds, 13 rec yds against UCF, Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at BYU, 564 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 29-10 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: td rate (10th 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
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 51.0 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 39.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 51.3 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 41.2 | 4.9 | 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 · 2024
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #190 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 18–15
at SMU
32 rush yds (8 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With J. Retzlaff — 202 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 29.6 · 35 rush yds (10 car) · S. Vander Haar — 42 AVG · 46 LONG · 3 NO
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-13vs Southern Illinois | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 2 | W 18-15@ SMU | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-19vs Arizona | 9 | 65 | 7.2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-35vs Oklahoma State | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-24@ UCF | 13 | 83 | 6.4 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 83 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 22-21@ Utah | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-17vs Kansas | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-28@ Arizona State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 68 | 360 | 5.0 | 1 | 26 |
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (13.6%).
Player DNA
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Dre'Lyn Washington’s 2022 season.
Matches Dre'Lyn on
Differs from Dre'Lyn on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Cooper Wallace’s path through The Citadel.
Cooper Wallace
Matches Cooper on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaylon Armstead's junior season at San Diego State (2022).
Matches Jaylon on
Differs from Jaylon on
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2024
Hinckley Ropati finished 172nd in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.