Usage / Role
24%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2009Illinois
Daniel Dufrene
RB • 5'11" • Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Daniel Dufrene leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
29
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Player Story
Daniel Dufrene built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Ft. Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Daniel Dufrene's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2005
Daniel Dufrene, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Illinois. Daniel Dufrene leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,561
- Rushing yards
- 1,234
- Receiving yards
- 327
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Daniel Dufrene quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,561
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Stranahan · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Stranahan · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 324 scrimmage yards · RB 184th (top 41%) · Big Ten 60th (top 32%) · National 610th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.5 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Illinois | 13 | 303 | 294 | 9 | 2 | 35.5 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 934 | 663 | 271 | 2 | 73.8 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Illinois | 10 | 324 | 277 | 47 | 3 | 39 |
Related Context
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Daniel Dufrene played RB for Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Daniel Dufrene recorded 1,234 rushing yards, 327 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Illinois paired 934 primary output with 58.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 41.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
32.4
Efficiency
41.8
Usage
12.7
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois State: 67. Ohio State: 17. Penn State: 86. Michigan State: 26. Indiana: 50. Purdue: 12. Minnesota: 2. Northwestern: 21. Cincinnati: 23. Fresno State: 20
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois State: 6 by 96.5. Ohio State: 7 by 24.7. Penn State: 15 by 54.6. Michigan State: 7 by 38.7. Indiana: 11 by 46.4. Purdue: 4 by 31.3. Minnesota: 1 by 20.8. Northwestern: 6 by 36.5. Cincinnati: 7 by 34.2. Fresno State: 6 by 34.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins34.5 · Games = 2 · +2.6 vs Losses
Losses31.9 · Games = 8 · -2.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
96.5 vs Illinois State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/5 | vs Fresno State | L 52-53 | 6 | 20 | 3.30 | 1 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Fri 11/27 | @ Cincinnati | L 36-49 | 7 | 23 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Northwestern | L 16-21 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Minnesota | W 35-32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Purdue | L 14-24 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Indiana | L 14-27 | 10 | 44 | 4.40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Michigan State | L 14-24 | 7 | 26 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Penn State | L 17-35 | 11 | 54 | 4.90 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 5.7 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Ohio State | L 0-30 | 6 | 14 | 2.30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Illinois State | W 45-17 | 5 | 61 | 12.20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11.2 |
Player Story
Daniel Dufrene story
Daniel Dufrene built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Ft. Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Daniel Dufrene's career was his backfield work: 1,234 rushing yards, 227 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 327 receiving yards across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 327 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Daniel Dufrene's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Illinois
2007-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Illinois | 303 | 49.7 | 8.1 | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Illinois | 303 | 49.7 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Illinois | 934 | 58.9 | 23.3 | 631 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Illinois | 324 | 41.8 | 12.7 | -610 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Louisiana
Week 3 · W 20-17
Win with 150 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
150
Scrimmage Yards
90 takeover
150 scrimmage yards and 39.3 usage.
#2
@ Ohio State
Week 11 · W 28-21 · Conference game
106
Scrimmage Yards
83.2 takeover
Win with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
106 scrimmage yards and 17.4 usage.
#3
vs Ohio State
Week 12 · L 20-30 · Conference game
121
Scrimmage Yards
79 takeover
Loss with 121 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
121 scrimmage yards and 23.6 usage.
#4
@ Missouri
Week 1 · L 42-52
125
Scrimmage Yards
78.6 takeover
Loss with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
125 scrimmage yards and 31.1 usage.
#5
vs Penn State
Week 5 · L 17-35 · Conference game
86
Scrimmage Yards
77.5 takeover
Loss with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
86 scrimmage yards and 27.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Illinois
934 primary output · 58.9 efficiency · 23.3 usage
73.8
#2
2009 Regular Season · Illinois
39
324 primary · 41.8 efficiency · 12.7 usage
#3
2007 Postseason · Illinois
35.5
303 primary · 49.7 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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