Player Dossier

2007-2009

Illinois

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.

Usage / Role

71%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

10

Limited ceiling signals so far

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2005 · Rating 0.7667

Stranahan · Fort Lauderdale, FL

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 PostseasonIllinois13000035.5
2007 Regular SeasonIllinois133032949235.5
2008 Regular SeasonIllinois11934663271273.8
2009 Regular SeasonIllinois1032427747339

Related Context

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

2007 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 49.7 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: Ohio State

Win with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2007 Postseason · Illinois

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

23.3

Efficiency

49.7

Usage

8.1

Consistency

36.8

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 0. Missouri: 58. Western Illinois: 52. Syracuse: 6. Indiana: -2. Penn State: 6. Wisconsin: 24. Iowa: -3. Michigan: 21. Ball State: 27. Minnesota: 15. Ohio State: 106. Northwestern: -7

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 1 by 0. Missouri: 6 by 90.3. Western Illinois: 11 by 55.1. Syracuse: 2 by 31.3. Indiana: 3 by 0. Penn State: 1 by 62.5. Wisconsin: 3 by 83.3. Iowa: 2 by 0. Michigan: 2 by 93.8. Ball State: 5 by 52.2. Minnesota: 2 by 78.1. Ohio State: 8 by 100. Northwestern: 4 by 0

Split Comparison

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

Wins25.2 · Games = 9 · +6.2 vs Losses
Losses19 · Games = 4 · -6.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Ohio State

Result
Tue 1/1@ USCL 17-4910000
Sat 11/17vs NorthwesternW 41-224-7-1.800-1.8
Sat 11/10@ Ohio State100 rush yardsW 28-21810613.30013.3
Sun 11/4@ MinnesotaW 44-172157.5007.5
Sat 10/27vs Ball StateW 28-174194.800185.4
Sun 10/21vs MichiganL 17-2722110.50110.5
Sat 10/13@ IowaL 6-102-3-1.500-1.5
Sat 10/6vs WisconsinW 31-26324808
Sat 9/29vs Penn StateW 27-2016606
Sat 9/22@ IndianaW 27-143-2-0.700-0.7
Sat 9/15@ SyracuseW 41-2026303
Sat 9/8vs Western IllinoisW 21-09515.701214.7
Sat 9/1vs MissouriL 34-406589.7009.7

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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    Illinois

    2007-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2007200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 PostseasonIllinois30349.78.1
2007 Regular SeasonIllinois30349.78.10
2008 Regular SeasonIllinois93458.923.3631
2009 Regular SeasonIllinois32441.812.7-610

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisiana

Week 3 · W 20-17

Win with 150 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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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

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#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