Former running back at New Mexico. 2024: 124 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.
5′11″ · 200 lb · Hauula, HI
Recruiting
DUAL recruit
No. 1028 nationally · Signed with St. John's College
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at New Mexico. 2024: 124 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.
Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters
Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Kalani Sitake and Bronco Mendenhall. The receipt: 63 rush yds, 6 rec yds against Air Force — Week 7, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at New Mexico, 220 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Danny Gonzales → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 35.5 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 10.6 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 24.5 | 8.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 8.7 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Mexico | 22 | 124 | 5.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | BYU | 14 | 96 | 6.9 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 220 | 6.1 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Mexico | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | BYU | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2024
W 38–35
8 rush yds (1 car)
Edged out Washington State at home in a shootout.
With D. Dampier — 174 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.0 · 193 rush yds (28 car) · 3 TD · A. Rodriguez — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 58 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 39-61@ Arizona | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 19-45@ Auburn | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | W 50-40@ New Mexico State | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-37vs Air Force | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 1 | 20 | Season-high 63 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 50-45@ Utah State | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-17@ Colorado State | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-35vs Washington State | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 22 | 124 | 6.3 | 1 | 20 |