Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/26Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (7.7%).
Dayton Furuta
Last confirmed: Hawai'i, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 250 lb · Mililani, HI
Dayton Furuta: RB · Hawai'i · #7.
Players he’s like
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Dayton Furuta
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. He has spent four seasons in the Hawai'i backfield. On tape: 42 rushing yards and 4 receiving yards against Arizona, Week 1, 2019.
How he plays
How he plays
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Where to follow him
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-38vs Arizona | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-28vs Oregon State | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | W 54-3@ Nevada | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-31vs Army | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 15 | L 10-31@ No. 19 Boise State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
 Bowl | W 38-34@ BYU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 1 | 17 |
Signature game
Week 1 · 2019
W 45-38
vs Arizona
42 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 4 yds
Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.
With C. McDonald — 378 yds · 4 TD · 4 INT · QBR 82.6 · 21 rush yds (6 car) · C. Byrd II — 14 rec · 224 yds · 4 TD
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 14 · Army · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.46Cole McDonald pass complete to Dayton Furuta for 8 yds to the Army 42 for a
- Week 1 · Arizona · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.21Dayton Furuta run for 3 yds for a TD, (Ryan Meskell KICK)
- Week 1 · Arizona · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.66Dayton Furuta run for 17 yds to the Ariz 37 Dayton Furuta fumbled, forced by Christian Young, recovered by Ariz Christian Young
- Week 1 · Arizona · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA −0.70Dayton Furuta run for no gain to the Hawa 34
- Week 2 · Oregon State · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA −0.62Dayton Furuta run for 2 yds to the OrgSt 47
- Week 15 · Boise State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.60Cole McDonald pass complete to Dayton Furuta for 2 yds to the 50 yard line
4 more plays
- Week 1 · BYU · 1st and 3 · Q2 · EPA −0.60Dayton Furuta run for 1 yd to the BYU 2
- Week 14 · Army · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA −0.49Dayton Furuta run for 1 yd to the Hawa 41
- Week 1 · Arizona · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.45Dayton Furuta run for 15 yds to the Ariz 7 for a
- Week 14 · Army · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.45Cole McDonald pass complete to Dayton Furuta for a loss of 1 yard to the Army 20
Teams and coaches
4 seasons under Nick Rolovich — 28-27 over that span.
2016Hawai'i7-7HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced
2017Hawai'i3-9HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced
2018Hawai'i8-6HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning
2019Hawai'i10-5HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 20.3 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 12.2 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 9.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Rolovich
Pass share
60.7%
634 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
69.6
15 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
671 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2019
13 carries and 6 catches in 6 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons at Hawai'i
- 2020 Hawai'i GrahamYear 5 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2019 Hawai'i RolovichYear 4 · 6 games
- 2018 Hawai'i RolovichYear 3 · 12 games
- 2017 Hawai'i RolovichYear 2 · 4 games
- 2016 Hawai'i RolovichYear 1 · 2 games
How it ended
Four seasons at Hawai'i, 526 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coaches2016–2019
Hawai'i
Coaching transition mid-career: Nick Rolovich → Todd Graham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.