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Enoch Nawahine

RB · BYU · Sr · #21

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

82 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 25 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to BYU for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to BYU for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · BYU

Returning around him

  • 87% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • 2 BYU players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -4 net (9 in / 13 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

BYU · Last season: 12-2 (AP #12) · Talent rank #70 · 2026 recruiting class #55

RB · BYU · BIG 12

Enoch Nawahine

  • 4
  • #21
  • 5-10 | 205 lb
  • Kahuku, HI

CFB Zeitgeist Score

5

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 13th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#510

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2023–2025
1.02023
98.02024
82.02025

+8100%

Up 8100% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#3266 national
CFB
College
BYU
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey21
Measurements5-10 | 205 lb
HometownKahuku, HI
Primary teamBYU

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 2-star No. 3266 recruit
Composite rating 0.7597 HighSchool
Signed with Utah State 2018
Origin Kahuku Kahuku, HI, USA
Class Profile Context
2018 2-star | 0.7597 No. 3266 recruit | HighSchool | Utah State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination -- 2022
Transfer stars 2-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Mar 8, 2022
Season Move Context
2022 Utah State -> -- 2-star | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#510Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#406Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★☆☆☆

to Utah State

Composite

0.7597

#3266 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Enoch Nawahine

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

75

Grounded Optimism

Sample 2 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 2 mentions · belief +50 · "BYU football is officially your Pop-Tarts Bowl Champion! On today’s episode of L"Own fans
  • Own fans · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Enoch Nawahine

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 9g
82Rush yards
25Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
9.1Rush yards
3Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
118.4Rush yards
36Carries
1Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 82): needs 167/game over remaining 4.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 82): needs 229.5/game over remaining 4.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 82): needs 354.5/game over remaining 4.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 2.2/game over remaining 4.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 3.5/game over remaining 4.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 4.8/game over remaining 4.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Enoch Nawahine's story is about how role and output meet each other. For BYU, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #510 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 4.5% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 96 82 rush | 14 rec | #464/735 (37th pct)
Rush TD 1 25 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 3.3 Per-rush efficiency | #602/735 (18th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
25 44th
YDS
82 37th
YPC
3.3 18th
TD
1 56th

Receiving

REC
3 33rd
YDS
14 23rd
YPR
4.7 21st
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 4W 34-13@ East Carolina351.705
Wk 5W 24-21@ Colorado144.004
Wk 6W 38-24vs West Virginia144.004
Wk 9W 41-27@ Iowa State3103.309
Wk 11L 7-29@ Texas Tech144.004
Wk 12W 44-13vs TCU231.502
Wk 13W 26-14@ Cincinnati122.002
Wk 14W 41-21vs UCF3186.007
BowlW 25-21vs Georgia Tech10323.219
Total25823.319
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced
2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2025BYU12-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025BYU25823.31--
2024BYU30983.31--
2023BYU111.00--
Career3 loaded seasons561813.22--
SeasonTeam
2025BYU3144.70--
2024BYU111.00--
2023BYU----------
Career3 loaded seasons4153.80--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 3 14 rec yds | #371/552 (33rd pct)
Usage 4.5% 7.7% rush share | #567/738 (23rd pct)
Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 82 #464/735 37th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 3.3 #602/735 18th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 3 #371/552 33rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 14 #424/548 23rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Role share 4.5% #567/738 23rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 25 #414/739 44th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 9 #583/733 21st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 8 #438/540 19th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 4.7 #433/548 21st pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 8.8% #389/738 47th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 7.7% #552/738 25th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 4.5% #481/738 35th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 4.5% #584/738 21st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 3.0% #545/738 26th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 1.6% #692/738 6th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 0.8% #526/738 29th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home4g14.23.70.2
Road5g5.03.00.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins8g9.83.20.1
Losses1g4.04.00.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-74g11.23.20.2
Weeks 8+5g7.43.40.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

5Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: carries (0th).

Rush TDs#284 / 349 · 13th pct
1rush
Rec yards#309 / 338 · 9th pct
14rece
Receptions#305 / 338 · 8th pct
3rece
Yards / carry#338 / 349 · 3rd pct
3.3rush
Rush yards#350 / 349 · 0th pct
82rush
Long run#350 / 349 · 0th pct
9rush
Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct
25rush

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Enoch NawahineBYUChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 44% simTae MeadowsTroy· 44% simJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 44% sim
Rush TDs
13
Nawahine
62
Wright
72
Meadows
50
Brunson
Rec yards
9
Nawahine
10
Wright
38
Meadows
3
Brunson
Receptions
8
Nawahine
32
Wright
45
Meadows
2
Brunson
Yards / carry
3
Nawahine
33
Wright
29
Meadows
41
Brunson
Rush yards
0
Nawahine
84
Wright
74
Meadows
80
Brunson
Long run
0
Nawahine
49
Wright
53
Meadows
73
Brunson
Carries
0
Nawahine
92
Wright
84
Meadows
85
Brunson

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Pass share

43.5%

401 pass / 520 run

Plays / game

65.8

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

5.6%

270 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Kalani Sitake
BYU
2024
Kalani Sitake
BYU
2025
Kalani Sitake
BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownKahuku, HI
Height5'10"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey21

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 BYU RB4 #510 #406 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 BYU RB4 #3097 #3279 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big 12
2022 BYU RB4 #2404 #2270 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | FBS Independents

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 BYU Big 12 RB 4 No. 21 | 5-10 | 205 lb | Kahuku, HI
2024 BYU Big 12 RB 4 No. 21 | 5-10 | 205 lb | Kahuku, HI
2023 BYU Big 12 RB 4 No. 21 | 5-10 | 205 lb | Kahuku, HI
2022 BYU FBS Independents RB 4 No. 21 | 5-10 | 205 lb | Kahuku, HI