Usage / Role
26%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017BYU
Ula Tolutau
RB • 6'1" • 242 lbs • Glendale, UT, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ula Tolutau leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Player Story
Ula Tolutau built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Glendale, UT wearing No. 5, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Ula Tolutau's career was his backfield work: 303 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Ula Tolutau, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · BYU. Ula Tolutau leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 314
- Rushing yards
- 303
- Receiving yards
- 11
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Ula Tolutau quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 314
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · BYU
- Top game
- Utah State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · East · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- East · 36 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Sophomore
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 314 scrimmage yards · RB 280th (top 47%) · FBS Independents 25th (top 32%) · National 769th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 7 | 314 | 303 | 11 | 2 | 66.2 |
Related Context
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Ula Tolutau played RB for BYU. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ula Tolutau recorded 303 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with BYU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
BYU paired 314 primary output with 41.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 41.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · BYU
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
44.9
Efficiency
41.5
Usage
22.8
Consistency
58.4
Best Game by takeover score
Utah State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Portland State: 3. Utah: 25. Wisconsin: 58. Utah State: 102. Boise State: 38. Mississippi State: 26. East Carolina: 62
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. Portland State: 1 by 31.3. Utah: 5 by 52.1. Wisconsin: 13 by 46.5. Utah State: 21 by 50.6. Boise State: 9 by 44. Mississippi State: 10 by 22.6. East Carolina: 15 by 43.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3 · Games = 1 · -48.8 vs Losses
Losses51.8 · Games = 6 · +48.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Utah State
Best efficiency game
52.1 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/21 | @ East Carolina | L 17-33 | 15 | 62 | 4.10 | 0 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Mississippi State | L 10-35 | 8 | 15 | 1.90 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2.6 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Boise State | L 7-24 | 9 | 38 | 4.20 | 1 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Utah State100 rush yards | L 24-40 | 21 | 102 | 4.90 | 0 | — | — | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Wisconsin | L 6-40 | 13 | 58 | 4.50 | 0 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Utah | L 13-19 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 8/26 | vs Portland State | W 20-6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
Player Story
Ula Tolutau story
Ula Tolutau built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Glendale, UT wearing No. 5, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Ula Tolutau's career was his backfield work: 303 rushing yards, 72 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 11 receiving yards across 7 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ula Tolutau's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
BYU
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 314 | 41.5 | 22.8 | 314 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah State
Week 5 · L 24-40
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
102
Scrimmage Yards
83.5 takeover
102 scrimmage yards and 35 usage.
#2
vs Wisconsin
Week 3 · L 6-40
58
Scrimmage Yards
67.8 takeover
Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
58 scrimmage yards and 35.1 usage.
#3
@ East Carolina
Week 8 · L 17-33
62
Scrimmage Yards
59.3 takeover
Loss with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 25.9 usage.
#4
vs Boise State
Week 6 · L 7-24
38
Scrimmage Yards
47 takeover
Loss with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
38 scrimmage yards and 20.9 usage.
#5
@ Mississippi State
Week 7 · L 10-35
26
Scrimmage Yards
44 takeover
Loss with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
26 scrimmage yards and 29.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · BYU
314 primary output · 41.5 efficiency · 22.8 usage
66.2
#2
2016 Regular Season · BYU
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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