University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2019 (Senior):

• Named to the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Watch List. 
• Also named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List.
• Garnered the Coach Tom Kaulukukui Offensive Captain Award.
• Played in six games with two starts.
• Recorded 67 yards on 13 carries and tallied one touchdown.
• Tallied 42 of those yards and the touchdown in season-opening win vs. Arizona.
• Injured in just the second game of the season and missed nine consecutive games.
• Returned to play in the final four games, including a start in the regular-season finale vs. Army.
• Invited to the 2020 Hula Bowl. 

2018 (Junior):

• Played in 13 games, starting six at running back.
• Finished second on the team in rushing with 459 yards on 93 carries.
• Averaged 4.9 yards per carry.
• Accounted for three touchdowns -  two rushing and one receiving.
• Tallied a pair of 100 yards games: rushed for a career-high 114 yards in a win over Duquesne and tallied 101 yards two weeks later in a win over Wyoming.
• Missed final regular-season game at San Diego State game due to the birth of his daughter.

2017 (Sophomore):

• Backup tight end and heavy contributor on the UH special teams.
• Played in all 12 games and finished with four tackles.
• Recorded a tackle in games vs. Western Carolina, UCLA, Fresno State, and BYU. 

2016 (Freshman):

• Appeared in four games on special teams.
• Began the season at linebacker, but switched to H-back near mid-season.
• Registered two tackles, one solo and one assisted.

2015:

• Redshirted.

Prep:

• A 2014 graduate of Mililani High School on O‘ahu.
• Named to the Honolulu Star-Advertis­er’s all-state first team and ScoringLive all-Hawai‘i Divi­sion I second team.
• Also selected first team all-OIA Red West from 2012-14.
• Helped Mililani to the OIA Championship and HHSAA Division I championship game.
• Also played running back and rushed 45 times for 260 yards and six TDs, catching four passes for 51 yards and two scores.
• Participated in the H.U.B. Foundation Goodwill Senior Bowl.
• Named second team all-state utility player by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in 2012 and first team all-state linebacker in 2014.
• Also competed in wrestling, judo and basketball.
• Captured the OIA wrestling championship as a junior in 2013 and placed fifth in the 215-pound division at the HHSAA state meet, finishing with a record of 55-9.
• Also placed fifth at the state meet in 2012 in the 189-pound division.
• Finished third at the HHSAA championships in the 198-pound division in 2011 and ‘12 and was runner-up in 2013 in the 220-pound division, finishing with a 70-4 record in judo.
• A 2014 HHSAA Hall of Honor Inductee.
• An honor-roll student.

Personal:

• Born in Mililani, O‘ahu.
• A family resources major.
• Has a daughter, Sky.
• Has four sisters.
• Sister Tia is on the UH soccer team.
• Parents are Dayne and Li‘i Furuta of Mililani, O‘ahu.