Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Akron
Alex Allen
RB • 6'0" • Youngstown, OH, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Alex Allen leans workhorse runner traits and 48.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Alex Allen built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 10, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Alex Allen's career was his backfield work: 1,631...
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- Committed To
- Navy
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2004
Alex Allen, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Akron. Alex Allen leans workhorse runner traits and 48.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,894
- Rushing yards
- 1,631
- Receiving yards
- 263
- Touchdowns
- 24
Quick Answers
Alex Allen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,894
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · A B Shepard · Navy
- High school pipeline
- Ursuline · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 992 scrimmage yards · RB 55th (top 13%) · Mid-American 10th (top 5%) · National 108th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 500 | 414 | 86 | 7 | 52.4 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Akron | 3 | 174 | 152 | 22 | 3 | 42.9 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 228 | 188 | 40 | 6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 992 | 877 | 115 | 8 | 77.8 |
Related Context
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Alex Allen played RB for Akron. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alex Allen recorded 93 passing yards, 1,631 rushing yards, and 263 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Akron paired 992 primary output with 48.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 48.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Akron
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
82.7
Efficiency
48.1
Usage
35.5
Consistency
63.3
Best Game by takeover score
Ball State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Syracuse: 21. Gardner-Webb: 114. Kentucky: 41. Indiana: 99. Northern Illinois: 109. Kent State: 60. Ohio: 54. Western Michigan: 39. Temple: 37. Ball State: 186. Miami (OH): 126. Buffalo: 106
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Syracuse: 7 by 31.3. Gardner-Webb: 21 by 57. Kentucky: 11 by 32.4. Indiana: 14 by 67.9. Northern Illinois: 16 by 72.6. Kent State: 15 by 39.4. Ohio: 11 by 46.3. Western Michigan: 18 by 21.9. Temple: 11 by 32.8. Ball State: 29 by 68. Miami (OH): 18 by 72.9. Buffalo: 32 by 34.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins106 · Games = 1 · +25.5 vs Losses
Losses80.5 · Games = 11 · -25.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ball State
Best efficiency game
72.9 vs Miami (OH)
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/26 | vs Buffalo100 rush yards | W 22-14 | 32 | 106 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Wed 11/17 | vs Miami (OH)100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 14-19 | 18 | 126 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 7 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Ball State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 30-37 | 25 | 165 | 6.60 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 6.4 |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Temple | L 0-30 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Western Michigan | L 10-56 | 16 | 33 | 2.10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2.2 |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Ohio | L 10-38 | 7 | 29 | 4.10 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Kent State | L 17-28 | 14 | 51 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Northern Illinois2+ TD | L 14-50 | 14 | 99 | 7.10 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6.8 |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Indiana | L 20-35 | 13 | 80 | 6.20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7.1 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Kentucky | L 10-47 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3.7 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Gardner-Webb100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 37-38 | 20 | 110 | 5.50 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Syracuse | L 3-29 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
Player Story
Alex Allen story
Alex Allen built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 10, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Alex Allen's career was his backfield work: 1,631 rushing yards, 378 carries, 23 rushing touchdowns, and 263 receiving yards across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Akron. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 93 passing yards, 263 receiving yards, and 106 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron.
The arc is straightforward: Alex Allen moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Akron
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Akron | 500 | 40.9 | 18.8 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Akron | 174 | 49.8 | 20.1 | -326 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Akron | 228 | 34.4 | 11.3 | 54 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Akron | 992 | 48.1 | 35.5 | 764 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ball State
Week 10 · L 30-37 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
186
Scrimmage Yards
89.3 takeover
186 scrimmage yards and 55.8 usage.
#2
vs Ohio
Week 11 · W 48-37 · Conference game
96
Scrimmage Yards
82.8 takeover
Win with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96 scrimmage yards and 26.9 usage.
#3
@ Syracuse
Week 2 · W 42-28
103
Scrimmage Yards
81.6 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
103 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.
#4
vs Miami (OH)
Week 12 · L 14-19 · Conference game
126
Scrimmage Yards
80.2 takeover
Loss with 126 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
126 scrimmage yards and 43.9 usage.
#5
@ Miami (OH)
Week 12 · L 0-7 · Conference game
83
Scrimmage Yards
79.4 takeover
Loss with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
83 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Akron
992 primary output · 48.1 efficiency · 35.5 usage
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#2
2007 Regular Season · Akron
52.4
500 primary · 40.9 efficiency · 18.8 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Akron
42.9
174 primary · 49.8 efficiency · 20.1 usage
Milestones
5
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
6
2+ TD games
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