Player Dossier

2007-2009

Ohio State

Joe Gantz

RB • 6'0" • Wooster, OH, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Joe Gantz leans balanced backfield option traits and 13.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

2

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

5

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Joe Gantz, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Ohio State. Joe Gantz leans balanced backfield option traits and 13.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
12
Rushing yards
12

Quick Answers

Joe Gantz quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
12
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 5 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Michigan
Latest roster
No. 33 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
6 scrimmage yards · RB 432nd (top 96%) · Big Ten 182nd (top 96%) · National 1,974th (top 95%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonOhio State2330035.1
2008 Regular SeasonOhio State1330046.8
2009 Regular SeasonOhio State2660046

Related Context

Joe Gantz played RB for Ohio State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Joe Gantz recorded 12 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 3 primary output with 31.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 13.9 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: New Mexico State

Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2009 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

2

Scrimmage Yards / G

3

Efficiency

13.9

Usage

3.2

Consistency

61.1

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 1. New Mexico State: 5

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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · -4 vs Second Half
Second Half5 · Games = 1 · +4 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

17.4 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 10/31vs New Mexico StateW 45-0351.7001.7
Sat 9/19@ ToledoW 38-011101

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Ohio State

    2007-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonOhio State310.42.8
2008 Regular SeasonOhio State331.320
2009 Regular SeasonOhio State613.93.23

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Michigan

Week 13 · W 42-7 · Conference game

Win with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

3

Scrimmage Yards

45.7 takeover

3 scrimmage yards and 2 usage.

#2

vs New Mexico State

Week 9 · W 45-0

5

Scrimmage Yards

43.7 takeover

Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

5 scrimmage yards and 4.8 usage.

#3

vs Kent State

Week 7 · W 48-3

2

Scrimmage Yards

40.3 takeover

Win with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

2 scrimmage yards and 3.7 usage.

#4

vs Northwestern

Week 4 · W 58-7 · Conference game

1

Scrimmage Yards

21.8 takeover

Win with 1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

1 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.

#5

@ Toledo

Week 3 · W 38-0

1

Scrimmage Yards

11.7 takeover

Win with 1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

1 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Ohio State

3 primary output · 31.3 efficiency · 2 usage

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#2

2009 Regular Season · Ohio State

46

6 primary · 13.9 efficiency · 3.2 usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · Ohio State

35.1

3 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games