Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2021USC
Vavae Malepeai
RB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Aiea, HI, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Vavae Malepeai leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
71
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Player Story
Vavae Malepeai built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Aiea, HI wearing No. 6, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Vavae Malepeai's career was his backfield work: 2,005 rushing...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Vavae Malepeai, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC. Vavae Malepeai leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,297
- Rushing yards
- 2,005
- Receiving yards
- 292
- Touchdowns
- 24
Quick Answers
Vavae Malepeai quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,297
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · USC
- Top game
- Fresno State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Mililani · USC
- High school pipeline
- Mililani · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 567 scrimmage yards · RB 185th (top 28%) · Pac-12 34th (top 16%) · National 393rd (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | USC | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 11 | 261 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 12 | 589 | 501 | 88 | 8 | 66.5 |
| 2019 Postseason | USC | 8 | 48 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 68.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | USC | 8 | 525 | 466 | 59 | 6 | 68.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | USC | 5 | 302 | 238 | 64 | 3 | 54.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 11 | 567 | 502 | 65 | 6 | 59.1 |
Related Context
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Vavae Malepeai played RB for USC. Across 5 tracked seasons, Vavae Malepeai recorded 2,005 rushing yards, 292 receiving yards, and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
USC paired 573 primary output with 49.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Postseason · USC
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
71.6
Efficiency
49.7
Usage
25.3
Consistency
55
Best Game by takeover score
Fresno State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 48. Fresno State: 142. Stanford: 48. BYU: 124. Utah: 39. Washington: 57. Notre Dame: 55. UCLA: 60
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 12 by 45.6. Fresno State: 25 by 60.1. Stanford: 14 by 36.2. BYU: 26 by 46. Utah: 12 by 35.7. Washington: 12 by 50.4. Notre Dame: 9 by 61.4. UCLA: 10 by 62.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins72.3 · Games = 4 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses71 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Fresno State
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs UCLA
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | @ Iowa | L 24-49 | 8 | 37 | 4.60 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs UCLA2+ TD | W 52-35 | 10 | 60 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Notre Dame | L 27-30 | 8 | 46 | 5.80 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6.1 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Washington | L 14-28 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.8 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Utah | W 30-23 | 11 | 39 | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/14 | @ BYU | L 27-30 | 23 | 96 | 4.20 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 4.8 |
| Sun 9/8 | vs Stanford2+ TD | W 45-20 | 12 | 42 | 3.50 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.4 |
| Sun 9/1 | vs Fresno State100 rush yards | W 31-23 | 23 | 134 | 5.80 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5.7 |
Player Story
Vavae Malepeai story
Vavae Malepeai built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Aiea, HI wearing No. 6, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Vavae Malepeai's career was his backfield work: 2,005 rushing yards, 415 carries, 23 rushing touchdowns, and 292 receiving yards across 47 career games in the available record. His career also includes 292 receiving yards and 6 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Vavae Malepeai's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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USC
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201720182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | USC | 266 | 49.3 | 7.6 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 266 | 49.3 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 589 | 51.4 | 17.9 | 323 |
| 2019 Postseason | USC | 573 | 49.7 | 25.3 | -16 |
| 2019 Regular Season | USC | 573 | 49.7 | 25.3 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | USC | 302 | 38.1 | 22.9 | -271 |
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 567 | 39.5 | 18.9 | 265 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Fresno State
Week 1 · W 31-23
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
142
Scrimmage Yards
86.7 takeover
142 scrimmage yards and 37.3 usage.
#2
@ UCLA
Week 15 · W 43-38 · Conference game
122
Scrimmage Yards
85.2 takeover
Win with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
122 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#3
@ UCLA
Week 12 · L 27-34 · Conference game
103
Scrimmage Yards
84.1 takeover
Loss with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
103 scrimmage yards and 47.4 usage.
#4
@ Oregon State
Week 10 · W 38-21 · Conference game
107
Scrimmage Yards
82.9 takeover
Win with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
107 scrimmage yards and 27.6 usage.
#5
@ California
Week 14 · L 14-24 · Conference game
115
Scrimmage Yards
81.9 takeover
Loss with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
115 scrimmage yards and 29.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · USC
573 primary output · 49.7 efficiency · 25.3 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · USC
68.6
573 primary · 49.7 efficiency · 25.3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · USC
66.5
589 primary · 51.4 efficiency · 17.9 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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