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Running back, BYU, 2005–⁠09

Harvey Unga

Number: No. 45
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: Provo, UT
Born: Jan 18, 1987, in Kahuku, Hawaii

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Harvey Unga played running back at BYU (2005–⁠09).

Best season: 1,227; Rushing yards, 2007 (BYU, 11–⁠2)
Best game: 161 yards; At San Diego State, week 14, 2007: No. 2 rushing game in FBS that week

177rushing yards, best game on fileat UNLV, 2007 3rushing touchdowns, best game on filethree times; last at UNLV, 2009 9catches, best game on filevs. Arizona, 2007 127receiving yards, best game on filevs. Arizona, 2007 2receiving touchdowns, best game on filevs. UCLA, 2008

Honors

2007Mountain West Freshman of the Year

Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2006 and 2007

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,227

1,132

1,087

11–⁠2AP 1611–⁠2AP 1410–⁠3AP 2511–⁠2AP 12

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2006*	BYU	4	9	2.3	1	6
2007*	BYU	244	1,227	5.0	13	44
2008*	BYU	240	1,132	4.7	11	40
2009	BYU	208	1,087	5.2	11	52
On file (2006–⁠09)		696	3,455	5.0	36	52

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2007*	BYU	44	655	14.9	4	53
2008*	BYU	42	309	7.4	4	19
2009	BYU	16	121	7.6	1	28
On file (2006–⁠09)		102	1,085	10.6	9	53

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2006	BYU	45	RB
2007	BYU	45	RB
2008	BYU	45	RB
2009	BYU	45	RB	6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 BYU 12 games, 1,087 rushing yards, 11 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 12	atTulane	W 54–⁠3	3	17	0	1	5	0
Sep 19	vs.Florida State	L 28–⁠54	10	97	1	–	–	–
Sep 26	vs.Colorado State	W 42–⁠23	22	113	3	–	–	–
Oct 2	vs.Utah State	W 35–⁠17	21	118	1	–	–	–
Oct 10	atUNLV	W 59–⁠21	20	149	3	–	–	–
Oct 17	atSan Diego State	W 38–⁠28	26	81	1	2	37	0
Oct 24	vs.TCU	L 7–⁠38	21	123	0	3	11	1
Nov 7	atWyoming	W 52–⁠0	16	85	0	1	7	0
Nov 14	atNew Mexico	W 24–⁠19	11	50	0	3	34	0
Nov 21	vs.Air Force	W 38–⁠21	11	67	0	3	12	0
Nov 28	vs.Utah	W 26–⁠23	23	116	1	–	–	–
Dec 22 ✦	vs.Oregon State	W 44–⁠20	24	71	1	3	15	0

2008 BYU 13 games, 1,132 rushing yards, 11 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Aug 30	vs.Northern Iowa	W 41–⁠17	18	64	2	6	47	1
Sep 6	atWashington	W 28–⁠27	23	136	0	5	39	0
Sep 13	vs.UCLA	W 59–⁠0	17	71	0	5	42	2
Sep 20	vs.Wyoming	W 44–⁠0	19	95	1	2	16	1
Oct 3	atUtah State	W 34–⁠14	22	89	1	3	15	0
Oct 11	vs.New Mexico	W 21–⁠3	22	95	0	3	29	0
Oct 16	atTCU	L 7–⁠32	14	53	0	4	40	0
Oct 25	vs.UNLV	W 42–⁠35	19	84	1	3	24	0
Nov 1	atColorado State	W 45–⁠42	24	133	1	1	14	0
Nov 8	vs.San Diego State	W 41–⁠12	11	37	0	2	14	0
Nov 15	atAir Force	W 38–⁠24	19	88	2	4	18	0
Nov 22	atUtah	L 24–⁠48	15	116	2	3	5	0
Dec 20 ✦	vs.Arizona	L 21–⁠31	17	71	1	1	6	0

2007 BYU 13 games, 1,227 rushing yards, 13 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 1	vs.Arizona	W 20–⁠7	15	67	1	9	127	1
Sep 8	atUCLA	L 17–⁠27	5	28	0	3	43	0
Sep 15	atTulsa	L 47–⁠55	21	100	1	2	35	0
Sep 22	vs.Air Force	W 31–⁠6	22	111	0	4	49	1
Sep 29	atNew Mexico	W 31–⁠24	22	56	0	2	34	0
Oct 13	atUNLV	W 24–⁠14	25	177	1	5	44	0
Oct 20	vs.Eastern Washington	W 42–⁠7	21	145	1	4	57	1
Nov 3	vs.Colorado State	W 35–⁠16	11	51	1	3	110	0
Nov 8	vs.TCU	W 27–⁠22	16	64	2	2	13	0
Nov 17	atWyoming	W 35–⁠10	23	110	2	3	61	0
Nov 24	vs.Utah	W 17–⁠10	23	141	1	1	27	0
Dec 1	atSan Diego State	W 48–⁠27	23	161	3	3	29	1
Dec 22 ✦	vs.UCLA	W 17–⁠16	17	16	0	3	26	0

2006 BYU 1 game, 9 rushing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 9	vs.Tulsa	W 49–⁠24	4	9	1	–	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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