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Fantasy Football · Updated November 07, 2026 at 04:46 PM UTC · Default format: Superflex PPR

Daniel Hishaw Jr.

RB · Kansas · Class of 2026 · Model rank #198 (pos #45)
295
Projected career fp
5.6
Projected peak3 fp/g
3.3
Proj yrs in league
22.0
Age
7
Comps w/ NFL data
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NFL comparables — first 8 career games

N = 8 games8 games is a very small sample. This shows how these players began, not how they will finish. It is a comparison, not a projection, and it should not be read as a settled view of anyone’s career. Drawn from 698 historical RBs who played at least 8 career games. A “game” is one in which the player recorded a stat line. Inactive weeks do not count, and the same rule is applied to the rookie and to every historical player he is compared against.

Daniel Hishaw Jr.’s actual 2026 NFL production, and the historical NFL players whose own first 8 career games looked most like it — same position, same number of games. His line is the highlighted row, so each comp can be read directly against it. Career outcome and career fp say what became of that player.

Player Debut First 8 career games Similarity Career outcome Career fp Seasons
Mike Washington Jr. this rookie202665 car · 278 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 3 rec · 11 re yds————
Chris Wells200970 car · 310 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 4 rec · 17 re yds0.889depth4384
Kerwynn Williams201366 car · 310 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 2 rec · 11 re yds0.883bust1475
Justin Watson199962 car · 278 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 0 rec · 0 re yds0.857bust803
Alexander Mattison201968 car · 331 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 3 rec · 11 re yds0.839starter6386
Tevin Coleman201559 car · 231 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 1 rec · 10 re yds0.839starter8178
Benny Snell201981 car · 320 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 3 rec · 23 re yds0.814depth1654
Caleb Huntley202269 car · 331 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 0 rec · 0 re yds0.803bust451
Delone Carter201174 car · 305 ru yds · 2 ru TD · 4 rec · 13 re yds0.790bust832
Tony Pollard201949 car · 226 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 5 rec · 37 re yds0.774active1,3358
Lamar Miller201246 car · 237 ru yds · 1 ru TD · 4 rec · 23 re yds0.769starter1,1828
Pre-season college projection and college comps secondary
Superseded by the NFL comparison above. This is the pre-season estimate, built before Daniel Hishaw Jr. played a down: his college production comped against historical college players, anchored on draft capital. It is a weaker estimator (prospect back-test ρ 0.27 ex-TE) and it knows nothing about what he has actually done in the NFL. Kept for reference only.
🏈 NFL Draft 2026: Round 4, Pick #122 — LVR
KTC consensus. Not currently ranked on KTC. No delta available.
v3.6 projection methodology. Projection is a confidence-blend (“blend_0.08_pick_tier_baseline_R4”). With 1 meaningful comp NFL careers (≥200 career fp), confidence is 0.08; we blend the comp-only projection (22) with the pick-tier baseline (320). low-confidence comp pool

Projection inputs

College production summary feeding the v3.0 similarity vector. The engine weights these features against the prospect corpus (2000–present) to build the comp grid below.

College adj career fp/g: 9.97Final season fp/g: 7.35Peak season fp/g: 16.76Conf tier (last): P5

Top-25 college comparables

Historical college players whose production curves most closely match Daniel Hishaw Jr.. Hit-label colouring tags each comp's eventual NFL outcome: elite, starter, bust, unknown (still developing or never reached the NFL). Click an NFL name to jump to its veteran page when available.

College player School Class Similarity NFL outcome NFL career Career fp Peak3 fp/g Seasons
Vavae MalepeaiUSC20220.615unknownVavae Malepeai———
Jon HillimanRutgers20190.511unknownJon Hilliman82.71
Dominic RichardsonTulsa20260.481unknownDominic Richardson———
Jacques PatrickFlorida State20190.481unknownJacques Patrick11.21
LaRod Stephens-HowlingPitt20090.480bustLaRod Stephens-Howling2445.35
Jordan WatersNC State20250.478unknownJordan Waters———
Vincent DavisUNLV20240.473unknownVincent Davis———
Tony Brooks-JamesOregon20190.472unknownTony Brooks-James10.32
Jaylan KnightonSMU20240.467unknownJaylan Knighton———
Dwight TardyWashington State20100.464unknownDwight Tardy———
Chris MarkeyUCLA20080.461unknownChris Markey———
Kejuan JonesOklahoma20060.457unknownKejuan Jones———
Lawrance ToafiliFlorida State20250.454unknownLawrance Toafili———
Greg JonesFlorida State20040.448unknownGreg Jones———
Jermaine ThomasFlorida State20120.447unknownJermaine Thomas———
Deshawn WynnFlorida20070.446bustDeShawn Wynn895.44
Brad LesterAuburn20090.445unknownBrad Lester———
Tyrone MossMiami (FL)20070.444unknownTyrone Moss———
Gerard WicksWashington State20180.441unknownGerard Wicks———
Josh AdamsWake Forest20110.439bustJosh Adams1203.83
Christian PowellColorado20160.436unknownChristian Powell———
Aeris WilliamsMississippi State20190.436unknownAeris Williams———
Johnathan GrayTexas20160.435unknownJohnathan Gray———
Deon JacksonDuke20210.434bustDeon Jackson984.03
L.V. WhitworthBoston College20080.433unknownL.V. Whitworth———

Methodology details: v3.0 prospect engine — PR 3 similarity, PR 4 projection, PR 5 back-test.