Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Alabama
Roy Upchurch
RB • 6'0" • Tallahassee, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Roy Upchurch leans balanced backfield option traits and 59 efficiency.
Impact Production
5
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
18
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Player Story
Roy Upchurch built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Roy Upchurch's career was his backfield work: 923...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2005
Roy Upchurch, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Alabama. Roy Upchurch leans balanced backfield option traits and 59 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,147
- Rushing yards
- 923
- Receiving yards
- 224
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Roy Upchurch quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Alabama · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,147
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Alabama
- Top game
- Arkansas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Amos P. Godby · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Amos P. Godby · 48 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 371 scrimmage yards · RB 165th (top 37%) · SEC 55th (top 25%) · National 534th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Alabama | 1 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 50.4 |
| 2007 Postseason | Alabama | 9 | 57 | 34 | 23 | 0 | 53 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Alabama | 9 | 231 | 203 | 28 | 1 | 53 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Alabama | 9 | 451 | 350 | 101 | 4 | 65.8 |
| 2009 Postseason | Alabama | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 52.9 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Alabama | 11 | 362 | 290 | 72 | 3 | 52.9 |
Related Context
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Roy Upchurch played RB for Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, Roy Upchurch recorded 923 rushing yards, 224 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Alabama paired 451 primary output with 62.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 59 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: Virginia Tech
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Postseason · Alabama
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
33.7
Efficiency
59
Usage
9.4
Consistency
43.7
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 9. Virginia Tech: 90. Florida International: 17. Arkansas: 30. Kentucky: 13. South Carolina: 45. Tennessee: 3. Mississippi State: 22. Chattanooga: 70. Auburn: 15. Florida: 57
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. Texas: 2 by 46.9. Virginia Tech: 7 by 100. Florida International: 4 by 44.3. Arkansas: 3 by 83.3. Kentucky: 3 by 68.1. South Carolina: 6 by 73.4. Tennessee: 3 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 6 by 39. Chattanooga: 17 by 42.9. Auburn: 2 by 62.5. Florida: 7 by 83.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half34 · Games = 6 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half33.4 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
100 vs Virginia Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/8 | vs Texas | W 37-21 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Sat 12/5 | vs Florida | W 32-13 | 7 | 57 | 8.10 | 0 | — | — | 8.1 |
| Fri 11/27 | @ Auburn | W 26-21 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 15 | 7.5 |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Chattanooga | W 45-0 | 17 | 70 | 4.10 | 1 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sun 11/15 | @ Mississippi State | W 31-3 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.7 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Tennessee | W 12-10 | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs South Carolina | W 20-6 | 4 | 27 | 6.80 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7.5 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Kentucky | W 38-20 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Arkansas | W 35-7 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 30 | 10 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Florida International | W 40-14 | 4 | 17 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sun 9/6 | @ Virginia Tech | W 34-24 | 7 | 90 | 12.90 | 1 | — | — | 12.9 |
Player Story
Roy Upchurch story
Roy Upchurch built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Roy Upchurch's career was his backfield work: 923 rushing yards, 168 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 224 receiving yards across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 224 receiving yards and 6 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Roy Upchurch's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Alabama
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200620072007200820092009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Alabama | 37 | 32.1 | 21.4 | — |
| 2007 Postseason | Alabama | 288 | 49 | 10.8 | 251 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Alabama | 288 | 49 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Alabama | 451 | 62.4 | 12.9 | 163 |
| 2009 Postseason | Alabama | 371 | 59 | 9.4 | -80 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Alabama | 371 | 59 | 9.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas
Week 4 · W 49-14 · Conference game
Win with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
80.3 takeover
91 scrimmage yards and 17.1 usage.
#2
@ Tennessee
Week 9 · W 29-9 · Conference game
99
Scrimmage Yards
80.2 takeover
Win with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
99 scrimmage yards and 26.7 usage.
#3
@ Virginia Tech
Week 1 · W 34-24
90
Scrimmage Yards
77.2 takeover
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90 scrimmage yards and 11.1 usage.
#4
vs Western Carolina
Week 1 · W 52-6
59
Scrimmage Yards
71.3 takeover
Win with 59 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
59 scrimmage yards and 10.1 usage.
#5
@ Colorado
Week 1 · W 30-24 · Postseason
57
Scrimmage Yards
67.6 takeover
Win with 57 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
57 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Alabama
451 primary output · 62.4 efficiency · 12.9 usage
65.8
#2
2007 Postseason · Alabama
53
288 primary · 49 efficiency · 10.8 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Alabama
53
288 primary · 49 efficiency · 10.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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