Senior running back for California. 2023: 365 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 8 catches.
5′9″ · 205 lb · Bellevue, WA
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.
The story
4 running back for California. 2023: 365 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 8 catches.
Isaiah Ifanse
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Isaiah Ifanse arrived at California from San José State. The receipt: 137 rush yds, 15 rec yds against Idaho — Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at California, 365 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (93rd percentile). Strength: success rate (93rd percentile). Concern: long run (21st 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 54.4 | 4.5 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 31.0 | 4.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 51.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 8.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | California | 70 | 365 | 5.2 | 7 | -- |
| Career | 70 | 365 | 5.2 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | California | 8 | 50 | 6.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 8 | 50 | 6.2 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-21@ North Texas | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 3 | 26 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 2 | L 10-14vs Auburn | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-17vs Idaho | 22 | 137 | 6.2 | 1 | 19 | Season-high 137 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 32-59@ Washington | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21vs Arizona State | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 40-52vs Oregon State | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 2 | 24 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-34@ Utah | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | L 49-50vs USC | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 70 | 365 | 4.4 | 7 | 26 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
8 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (80.0%). 8 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (25.8%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Daijun Edwards’s 2023 season.
Matches Daijun on
Differs from Daijun on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Trey Ragas’s path through Louisiana.
Cooper Wallace
Matches Trey on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Snoop Conner's junior season at Ole Miss (2021).
Matches Snoop on
Differs from Snoop on
Player DNA