Wayne Taulapapa
Wayne Taulapapa
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jimmy Lake → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Washington | 140 | 882 | 6.3 | 11 | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia | 62 | 324 | 5.2 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 202 | 1,206 | 6.0 | 13 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Washington | 24 | 225 | 9.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 35 | 287 | 8.2 | 2 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2022
W 37–34
at Oregon
70 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
Edged out Oregon on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Hits the crease and outruns the angle.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Travis Dye’s 2022 season.
Matches Travis on
Differs from Travis on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Asim Rose’s path through Kentucky.
Asim Rose
Calvin Turner
Cooper Wallace
Matches Asim on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Devon Dampier's junior season at Utah (2025).
Matches Devon on
Differs from Devon on
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2022+172%
Up 172% from first season to most-recent.