Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3/22Inside-5 share
3 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (13.6%).
Emmanuel Esukpa
Last confirmed: BYU, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 225 lb · Grand Prairie, TX · Mansfield
Emmanuel Esukpa: RB · BYU · #33.
Players he’s like
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Emmanuel Esukpa
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 61 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Toledo — Week 5, 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.
BYU in the news
Where to follow him
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 7 games
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| 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 No. 24 USC | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-45vs No. 22 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 | 4.1 | 2 | 32 |
Signature game
Week 4 · 2019
L 19-45
vs Washington
49 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 6 yds
With Z. Wilson — 277 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 45.6 · J. Oldroyd — 43 yards per punt · 2 punts · 46 long
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 10 · Utah State · 1st and 6 · Q1 · EPA −4.95Emmanuel Esukpa run for 3 yds to the UthSt 14 Emmanuel Esukpa fumbled, forced by Shaq Bond, recovered by UthSt Justus Te'i , return for 11 yds to the UthSt 14
- Week 5 · Toledo · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.97Emmanuel Esukpa run for 32 yds for a TD, (Jake Oldroyd KICK)
- Week 5 · Toledo · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA −2.00Emmanuel Esukpa run for a loss of 5 yards to the BYU 45
- Week 4 · Washington · 2nd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Emmanuel Esukpa run for 1 yd for a TD, (Jake Oldroyd PAT MISSED)
- Week 4 · Washington · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.83Emmanuel Esukpa run for 23 yds to the BYU 41 for a
- Week 3 · USC · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.74Emmanuel Esukpa run for a loss of 3 yards to the 50 yard line
4 more plays
- Week 3 · USC · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.69Emmanuel Esukpa run for 5 yds to the BYU 46 for a
- Week 5 · Toledo · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.62Emmanuel Esukpa run for 17 yds to the Toled 6 for a TOLEDO Penalty, face mask (3 yards) (Tycen Anderson) to the Toled 3 for a
- Week 7 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −1.50Emmanuel Esukpa run for a loss of 2 yards to the BYU 38
- Week 5 · Toledo · 3rd and 1 · Q4 · EPA −1.30Emmanuel Esukpa run for a loss of 1 yard to the BYU 47
Rushing profile
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
46 of 46 carries matched to play-by-play
Success rate
40%45 carriesFumble rate
2.2%1 of 46 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer yds26%of carries
12 carries
Grind
1–3 yds35%of carries
16 carries
Chunk
4–9 yds26%of carries
12 carries
Explosive
10+ yds13%of carries
6 carries
1 of 3 (33%) scored from inside the 5-yard line
4.1 yds/carry on 46 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 40% success rate.
Teams and coaches
2016Rice3-9HC: David Bailiff · Run-leaning
2017Rice1-11HC: David Bailiff · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2018Rice2-11HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning
2019BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 31.5 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| 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
Pass share
50.8%
466 pass / 452 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2019
46 carries and 2 catches in 7 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons, two schools
- 2019 BYU SitakeYear 5 · 7 games
- 2018 Rice BloomgrenYear 4 · 8 games
- 2017 Rice BailiffYear 3 · 9 games
- 2016 Rice BailiffYear 2 · 5 games
- 2015 Rice BailiffYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Rice in 2015 as a 2-star recruit, No. 2,537 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Rice in the 2015 class, a 2-star recruit.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Rice and BYU, 968 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 29 games over 4 seasons.
2015
- Signed with Rice2-star out of Mansfield
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: David Bailiff, Mike Bloomgren and Kalani Sitake.