Senior running back for Utah State. 2022: 60 rushing yards.
5′10″ · 210 lb · West Valley City, UT
The story
4 running back for Utah State. 2022: 60 rushing yards.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearPailate Makakona
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Pailate Makakona has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Utah State. The receipt: 27 rush yds against Weber State — Week 2, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Utah State, 217 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Maile → Blake Anderson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 15.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 14.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 15.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Utah State | 20 | 60 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Utah State | 42 | 110 | 2.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Utah State | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 72 | 217 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Utah State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Utah State | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Utah State | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-20vs UConn | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 1 | L 0-55@ Alabama | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-35vs Weber State | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 9 | Season-high 27 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 24-34vs UNLV | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 20 | 60 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Amir Rasul’s 2021 season.
Matches Amir on
Differs from Amir on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Raiden Hunter’s path through Idaho State.
Matches Raiden on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Caleb Komolafe's sophomore season at Northwestern (2024).
Matches Caleb on
Differs from Caleb on
Player DNA