Running back, Hawai’i, 2010–⁠14

Joey Iosefa

Number
No. 7
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Born
Jun 19, 1991, in Pago Pago

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Joey Iosefa played running back at Hawai’i (2010–⁠14). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Iosefa in round 7, No. 231 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
617
Rushing yards, 2014 (Hawai’i, 4–⁠9)
Drafted
No. 231
Round 7, 2015 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Career highs

219rushing yards, career highvs. UNLV, 20143rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Oregon State, 2014

Team titles: WAC champions, 2010

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Hawai’i1105485.0739
2012Hawai’i1254633.7125
2013Hawai’i1265904.7532
2014Hawai’i1516174.1845
Career5122,2184.32145

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Hawai’i201226.1122
2012Hawai’i191538.1132
2013Hawai’i10878.7125
2014Hawai’i11766.9026
Career604387.3332

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Hawai’i7RB
2011Hawai’i7RB
2012Hawai’i7RB
2013Hawai’i7RB
2014Hawai’i7RB6′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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Hawai’i1280.0750th (n=226)0.078.633%0.01
2014Hawai’i1350.1456th (n=253)0.1218.834%0.16

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Hawai’i 6 games, 617 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.WashingtonL 16–⁠173014312220
Sep 6vs.Oregon StateL 30–⁠381954314331
Nov 8atColorado StateL 22–⁠49196412115
Nov 15atSan José StateW 13–⁠02668112229
Nov 22vs.UNLVW 37–⁠353521924523
Nov 29atFresno StateL 21–⁠28226901518
2013 Hawai’i 5 games, 590 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 21atNevadaL 9–⁠31240212
Nov 9atNavyL 28–⁠4235191117214
Nov 16vs.San Diego StateL 21–⁠2837150118218
Nov 23atWyomingL 56–⁠592491217553
Nov 30vs.ArmyW 49–⁠4228154132––
2012 Hawai’i 8 games, 463 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1atUSCL 10–⁠49102709430
Sep 15vs.LamarW 54–⁠2155508311
Oct 27atColorado StateL 27–⁠4222106018––
Nov 3atFresno StateL 10–⁠451550015329
Nov 10vs.Boise StateL 14–⁠4914290626
Nov 16atAir ForceL 7–⁠212243010321
Nov 24vs.UNLVW 48–⁠101356125351
Dec 1vs.South AlabamaW 23–⁠7149702415
2011 Hawai’i 13 games, 548 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.ColoradoW 34–⁠17143107122
Sep 10atWashingtonL 32–⁠4051501317
Sep 17atUNLVL 20–⁠40310416
Sep 24vs.UC DavisW 56–⁠1410001−2
Oct 1atLouisiana TechW 44–⁠261699021228
Oct 14atSan José StateL 27–⁠28781232218
Oct 22vs.New Mexico StateW 45–⁠34139023921
Oct 29atIdahoW 16–⁠148260122−2
Nov 5vs.Utah StateL 31–⁠351474031222
Nov 12atNevadaL 28–⁠429401281−8
Nov 19vs.Fresno StateL 21–⁠244210911
Nov 26vs.TulaneW 35–⁠231263220429
Dec 3vs.BYUL 20–⁠414705––

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height5′11¾″
Weight247 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size10¼″
40-yard dash5.02 s
10-yard split1.77 s
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press30 reps
3-cone drill7.24 s
20-yard shuttle4.33 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2015New England Patriots21551000

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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