Player Dossier

2006-2009

Washington State

Dwight Tardy

RB • 5'10" • Walnut, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Dwight Tardy leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

56

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

53

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Washington State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Washington State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Player Story

Dwight Tardy built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Walnut, CA wearing No. 31, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Dwight Tardy's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2005 · Rating 0.7889

St. Paul · Santa Fe Springs, CA

Committed To
Washington State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2005

Dwight Tardy, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Washington State. Dwight Tardy leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,638
Rushing yards
2,241
Receiving yards
397
Touchdowns
17

Quick Answers

Dwight Tardy quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,638
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 43 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · Washington State
Top game
Oregon
Recruit profile
2-star · St. Paul · Washington State
High school pipeline
St. Paul · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 31 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
531 scrimmage yards · RB 117th (top 26%) · Pac-10 28th (top 17%) · National 341st (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2006 Regular SeasonWashington State12774667107667.9
2007 Regular SeasonWashington State876567689675.3
2008 Regular SeasonWashington State1156848187366.7
2009 Regular SeasonWashington State12531417114262.9

Related Context

Dwight Tardy played RB for Washington State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dwight Tardy recorded 35 passing yards, 2,241 rushing yards, and 397 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2006 with Washington State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

Washington State paired 765 primary output with 45.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2006 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 40.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2006 Regular Season · Washington State

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

64.5

Efficiency

40.6

Usage

24.8

Consistency

60.2

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 10. Idaho: 92. Baylor: 8. Stanford: 125. USC: 83. Oregon State: 17. California: 2. Oregon: 151. UCLA: 67. Arizona: 76. Arizona State: 20. Washington: 123

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 4 by 26. Idaho: 15 by 63.9. Baylor: 6 by 13.9. Stanford: 20 by 61.7. USC: 13 by 61.8. Oregon State: 10 by 17.7. California: 6 by 1.4. Oregon: 23 by 72.7. UCLA: 18 by 41.7. Arizona: 13 by 49.4. Arizona State: 12 by 18.9. Washington: 22 by 57.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins76.7 · Games = 6 · +24.3 vs Losses
Losses52.3 · Games = 6 · -24.3 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

Oregon

Best efficiency game

72.7 vs Oregon

Result
Sat 11/18vs Washington100 rush yardsL 32-35191055.5013185.6
Sun 11/12@ Arizona StateL 14-4711211.9001-11.7
Sat 11/4vs ArizonaL 17-271144402325.8
Sat 10/28@ UCLAW 37-1516674.200203.7
Sat 10/21vs Oregon100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 34-23201457.301366.6
Sat 10/14vs CaliforniaL 3-215-1-0.200130.3
Sat 10/7@ Oregon StateW 13-610171.7001.7
Sat 9/30vs USCL 22-2811625.6002216.4
Sat 9/23@ StanfordW 36-1017975.7013286.3
Sat 9/16vs BaylorW 17-15681.3001.3
Sat 9/9vs IdahoW 56-1015926.1016.1
Sat 9/2@ AuburnL 14-404102.5002.5

Player Story

Dwight Tardy story

Dwight Tardy built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Walnut, CA wearing No. 31, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Dwight Tardy's career was his backfield work: 2,241 rushing yards, 528 carries, 15 rushing touchdowns, and 397 receiving yards across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2006 with Washington State. 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 35 passing yards, 397 receiving yards, and 257 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Washington State.

The arc is straightforward: Dwight Tardy 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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    Washington State

    2006-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2006200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 Regular SeasonWashington State77440.624.8
2007 Regular SeasonWashington State76545.733-9
2008 Regular SeasonWashington State56838.629.2-197
2009 Regular SeasonWashington State53142.323.6-37

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oregon

Week 8 · W 34-23 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

151

Scrimmage Yards

90.9 takeover

151 scrimmage yards and 38.3 usage.

#2

vs UCLA

Week 9 · W 27-7 · Conference game

236

Scrimmage Yards

87.1 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

236 scrimmage yards and 49.4 usage.

#3

@ Notre Dame

Week 9 · L 14-40

72

Scrimmage Yards

82.6 takeover

Loss with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

72 scrimmage yards and 21.1 usage.

#4

vs Washington

Week 12 · L 32-35 · Conference game

123

Scrimmage Yards

79.7 takeover

Loss with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

123 scrimmage yards and 34.9 usage.

#5

vs Stanford

Week 1 · L 13-39 · Conference game

71

Scrimmage Yards

77.1 takeover

Loss with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

71 scrimmage yards and 30.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · Washington State

765 primary output · 45.7 efficiency · 33 usage

75.3

#2

2006 Regular Season · Washington State

67.9

774 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 24.8 usage

#3

2008 Regular Season · Washington State

66.7

568 primary · 38.6 efficiency · 29.2 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games