Player Dossier

2020-2025

Kansas

Daniel Hishaw Jr.

RB • 5'10" • 220 lbs • Moore, OK, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Daniel Hishaw Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCF

Player Story

Daniel Hishaw Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Moore, OK wearing No. 9, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Daniel Hishaw Jr.'s career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8326

Moore · Moore, OK

Committed To
Kansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Daniel Hishaw Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas. Daniel Hishaw Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,275
Rushing yards
2,077
Receiving yards
198
Touchdowns
24

Quick Answers

Daniel Hishaw Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,275
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
Top game
UCF
Recruit profile
3-star · Moore · Kansas
High school pipeline
Moore · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
620 scrimmage yards · RB 161st (top 22%) · Big 12 43rd (top 13%) · National 345th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonKansas725722928237.9
2021 Regular SeasonKansas00000-
2022 Regular SeasonKansas535425995662.2
2023 PostseasonKansas1327270063.6
2023 Regular SeasonKansas136085999863.6
2024 Regular SeasonKansas840937633359.5
2025 Regular SeasonKansas1062058733572.9

Related Context

Daniel Hishaw Jr. played RB for Kansas. Across 6 tracked seasons, Daniel Hishaw Jr. recorded 2,077 rushing yards, 198 receiving yards, and 24 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Kansas paired 620 primary output with 49.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 36 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

7

Scrimmage Yards / G

36.7

Efficiency

36

Usage

14

Consistency

35.2

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Coastal Carolina: 2. Baylor: 0. Oklahoma State: 51. Kansas State: 23. Iowa State: 0. Oklahoma: 73. Texas Tech: 108

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 10.4. Baylor: 1 by 0. Oklahoma State: 5 by 92.5. Kansas State: 7 by 28.3. Iowa State: 7 by 2.1. Oklahoma: 10 by 76. Texas Tech: 25 by 42.7

Split Comparison

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

First Half19 · Games = 4 · -41.3 vs Second Half
Second Half60.3 · Games = 3 · +41.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

92.5 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sat 12/5@ Texas TechL 13-162287413214.3
Sat 11/7@ OklahomaL 9-6210737.3007.3
Sat 10/31vs Iowa StateL 22-52620.3011-20
Sat 10/24@ Kansas StateL 14-556142.300193.3
Sat 10/3vs Oklahoma StateL 7-4755110.20010.2
Sat 9/26@ BaylorL 14-4710000
Sun 9/13vs Coastal CarolinaL 23-3822101

Player Story

Daniel Hishaw Jr. story

Daniel Hishaw Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Moore, OK wearing No. 9, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Daniel Hishaw Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 2,077 rushing yards, 406 carries, 23 rushing touchdowns, and 198 receiving yards across 43 career games in the available record. His career also includes 198 receiving yards and 45 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Daniel Hishaw Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kansas

    2020-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonKansas2573614
2021 Regular SeasonKansas0-257
2022 Regular SeasonKansas3546718.4354
2023 PostseasonKansas63553.617.6281
2023 Regular SeasonKansas63553.617.60
2024 Regular SeasonKansas40954.916-226
2025 Regular SeasonKansas62049.723.7211

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UCF

Week 6 · W 51-22 · Conference game

Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

134

Scrimmage Yards

88.5 takeover

134 scrimmage yards and 32.2 usage.

#2

vs No. 8 Utah

Week 14 · L 21-31 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

107

Scrimmage Yards

83.6 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

107 scrimmage yards and 36.1 usage.

#3

vs TCU

Week 5 · L 27-38 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

81.8 takeover

Loss with 85 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

85 scrimmage yards and 27.1 usage.

#4

@ Texas Tech

Week 14 · L 13-16 · Conference game

108

Scrimmage Yards

80.9 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

108 scrimmage yards and 41 usage.

#5

vs Duke

Week 4 · W 35-27

134

Scrimmage Yards

80.8 takeover

Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

134 scrimmage yards and 19 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Kansas

620 primary output · 49.7 efficiency · 23.7 usage

72.9

#2

2023 Postseason · Kansas

63.6

635 primary · 53.6 efficiency · 17.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Kansas

63.6

635 primary · 53.6 efficiency · 17.6 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games