Player Dossier

2016-2020

Hawai'i

Dayton Furuta

RB • 5'11" • 250 lbs • Mililani, HI, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Dayton Furuta leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

11

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Hawai'i

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Hawai'i
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duquesne

Player Story

Dayton Furuta built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a running back from Mililani, HI wearing No. 7, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of Dayton Furuta's career was his backfield work: 526...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7333

Mililani · Mililani, HI

Committed To
Hawai'i
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Dayton Furuta, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Hawai'i. Dayton Furuta leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
639
Rushing yards
526
Receiving yards
113
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Dayton Furuta quick answers

Latest team and position
Hawai'i · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
639
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 24 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Hawai'i
Top game
Duquesne
Recruit profile
2-star · Mililani · Hawai'i
High school pipeline
Mililani · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonHawai'i2000050
2017 Regular SeasonHawai'i4000050
2018 PostseasonHawai'i121495061.6
2018 Regular SeasonHawai'i1253445084361.6
2019 PostseasonHawai'i6110028.4
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i6906624128.4
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i00000-

Related Context

Dayton Furuta played RB for Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dayton Furuta recorded 526 rushing yards, 113 receiving yards, and 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Hawai'i.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Hawai'i paired 548 primary output with 50.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 50.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duquesne

Win with 133 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · Hawai'i

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

45.7

Efficiency

50.6

Usage

16.1

Consistency

49.8

Best Game by takeover score

Duquesne

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 14. Colorado State: 57. Rice: 19. Army: 32. Duquesne: 133. San José State: 39. Wyoming: 99. BYU: 48. Nevada: 55. Fresno State: 24. Utah State: 25. UNLV: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 33.3. Colorado State: 9 by 57.6. Rice: 2 by 89.6. Army: 5 by 70.4. Duquesne: 13 by 92.6. San José State: 12 by 33.9. Wyoming: 17 by 63.7. BYU: 11 by 35.7. Nevada: 16 by 35.8. Fresno State: 5 by 50. Utah State: 6 by 34.5. UNLV: 3 by 10.4

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins58.3 · Games = 6 · +25.3 vs Losses
Losses33 · Games = 6 · -25.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Duquesne

Best efficiency game

92.6 vs Duquesne

Result
Sun 12/23@ Louisiana TechL 14-313930153.5
Sun 11/18vs UNLVW 35-2833101
Sun 11/4vs Utah StateL 17-564112.8002144.2
Sun 10/28@ Fresno StateL 20-505244.8004.8
Sun 10/21vs NevadaL 22-4016553.4003.4
Sun 10/14@ BYU2+ TDL 23-4910282.8011204.4
Sun 10/7vs Wyoming100 rush yardsW 17-13161016.3001-25.8
Sat 9/29@ San José StateW 44-4112393.3013.3
Sun 9/23vs Duquesne100 rush yardsW 42-21121149.50011910.2
Sat 9/15@ ArmyL 21-28321702116.4
Sun 9/9vs RiceW 43-292199.5009.5
Sat 8/25@ Colorado StateW 43-34735502226.3

Player Story

Dayton Furuta story

Dayton Furuta built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a running back from Mililani, HI wearing No. 7, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of Dayton Furuta's career was his backfield work: 526 rushing yards, 106 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 113 receiving yards across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 113 receiving yards and 8 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Dayton Furuta's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Hawai'i

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonHawai'i00
2017 Regular SeasonHawai'i000
2018 PostseasonHawai'i54850.616.1548
2018 Regular SeasonHawai'i54850.616.10
2019 PostseasonHawai'i91426.1-457
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i91426.10
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i0-91

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Duquesne

Week 4 · W 42-21

Win with 133 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

84.5 takeover

133 scrimmage yards and 21.3 usage.

#2

vs Wyoming

Week 6 · W 17-13 · Conference game

99

Scrimmage Yards

75 takeover

Win with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

99 scrimmage yards and 30.4 usage.

#3

vs Arizona

Week 1 · W 45-38

46

Scrimmage Yards

69.6 takeover

Win with 46 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

46 scrimmage yards and 9.4 usage.

#4

vs Nevada

Week 8 · L 22-40 · Conference game

55

Scrimmage Yards

53.9 takeover

Loss with 55 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

55 scrimmage yards and 29.6 usage.

#5

@ Colorado State

Week 1 · W 43-34 · Conference game

57

Scrimmage Yards

47.3 takeover

Win with 57 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

57 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Hawai'i

548 primary output · 50.6 efficiency · 16.1 usage

61.6

#2

2018 Regular Season · Hawai'i

61.6

548 primary · 50.6 efficiency · 16.1 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Hawai'i

50

0 primary · efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games