Running back, BYU, 2011–⁠14

Michael Alisa

Number
No. 42
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Laie, HI

Michael Alisa played running back at BYU (2011–⁠14).

Career highs

99rushing yards, career highvs. Idaho, 20112rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Middle Tennessee, 2013

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011BYU854555.4342
2012BYU582223.8121
2013BYU32993.138
Career1757764.4742

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011BYU55511.0126
2012BYU6233.807
Career11787.1126

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2014BYU1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLFF
2008N12921111
20111161701
On file1531812

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011BYU42RB
2012BYU42RB
2013BYU42RB
2014BYU42RB6′1″

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013BYU29-0.11––-3.28%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 BYU 1 game, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 6atTexasW 41–⁠7––––––
2013 BYU 4 games, 99 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31atVirginiaL 16–⁠192908––
Sep 7vs.TexasW 40–⁠2182304––
Sep 21vs.UtahL 13–⁠2061216––
Sep 27vs.Middle TennesseeW 37–⁠10165527––
2012 BYU 5 games, 222 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.Washington StateW 30–⁠6135401617
Sep 8vs.Weber StateW 45–⁠13115312128
Sep 15atUtahL 21–⁠24155609210
Sep 20atBoise StateL 6–⁠717470141−2
Sep 28vs.Hawai’iW 47–⁠021207––
2011 BYU 10 games, 455 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3atOle MissW 14–⁠13––––328
Sep 10atTexasL 16–⁠17120215
Sep 17vs.UtahL 10–⁠542003––
Oct 8vs.San José StateW 29–⁠161691014––
Oct 15atOregon StateW 38–⁠282084110––
Oct 22vs.Idaho StateW 56–⁠3866142––
Oct 28vs.TCUL 28–⁠3861105122
Nov 12vs.IdahoW 42–⁠71099138––
Nov 19vs.New Mexico StateW 42–⁠7951031––
Dec 3atHawai’iW 41–⁠201351014––

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

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