Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Utah State
Sione Finau
RB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Kearns, UT, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Sione Finau leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
1
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- BYU • Utah State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State
Player Story
Sione Finau built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from Kearns, UT wearing No. 22, spending time with BYU and Utah State. The clearest part of Sione Finau's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- BYU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Sione Finau, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · BYU. Sione Finau leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 444
- Rushing yards
- 407
- Receiving yards
- 37
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Sione Finau quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 444
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · BYU
- Top game
- Idaho State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kearns · BYU
- High school pipeline
- Kearns · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2019 Regular Season | BYU | 5 | 388 | 359 | 29 | 2 | 74.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | BYU | 4 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 29.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | BYU to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 18 | Mar 29, 2022 |
Sione Finau played RB for BYU and Utah State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Sione Finau recorded 407 rushing yards, 37 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with BYU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
BYU paired 388 primary output with 62.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 37.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across BYU, Utah State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Win with 36 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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2020 Regular Season · BYU
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
14
Efficiency
37.5
Usage
6
Consistency
47.6
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 22. Western Kentucky: 36. Boise State: -6. North Alabama: 4
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. Texas State: 6 by 41.5. Western Kentucky: 4 by 87.5. Boise State: 2 by 0. North Alabama: 2 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half29 · Games = 2 · +30 vs Second Half
Second Half-1 · Games = 2 · -30 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
87.5 vs Western Kentucky
Player Story
Sione Finau story
Sione Finau built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from Kearns, UT wearing No. 22, spending time with BYU and Utah State. The clearest part of Sione Finau's career was his backfield work: 407 rushing yards, 71 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 37 receiving yards across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 37 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 8 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Sione Finau's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
BYU
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Utah State
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20182019202020212023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | BYU | 388 | 62.3 | 20.2 | 388 |
| 2020 Regular Season | BYU | 56 | 37.5 | 6 | -332 |
| 2021 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | -56 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Idaho State
Week 12 · W 42-10
Win with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
124
Scrimmage Yards
81.4 takeover
124 scrimmage yards and 26.5 usage.
#2
vs Boise State
Week 8 · W 28-25
92
Scrimmage Yards
74.9 takeover
Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
92 scrimmage yards and 24 usage.
#3
vs Western Kentucky
Week 9 · W 41-10
36
Scrimmage Yards
69.6 takeover
Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
36 scrimmage yards and 7.5 usage.
#4
vs Liberty
Week 11 · W 31-24 · Conference game
73
Scrimmage Yards
60.7 takeover
Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 18.3 usage.
#5
@ Utah State
Week 10 · W 42-14
72
Scrimmage Yards
58 takeover
Win with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
72 scrimmage yards and 23.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · BYU
388 primary output · 62.3 efficiency · 20.2 usage
74.4
#2
2018 Regular Season · BYU
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · BYU
29.1
56 primary · 37.5 efficiency · 6 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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