Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Middle Tennessee
Phillip Tanner
RB • 6'0" • Dallas, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Phillip Tanner leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Middle Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Phillip Tanner built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Phillip Tanner's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Middle Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
Phillip Tanner, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Middle Tennessee. Phillip Tanner leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,505
- Rushing yards
- 2,024
- Receiving yards
- 481
- Touchdowns
- 34
Quick Answers
Phillip Tanner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Middle Tennessee · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,505
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2010 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kimball · Middle Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Kimball · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,122 scrimmage yards · RB 42nd (top 10%) · Sun Belt 4th (top 3%) · National 75th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 418 | 299 | 119 | 4 | 39.9 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 849 | 714 | 135 | 16 | 68 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 116 | 83 | 33 | 1 | 52.4 |
| 2010 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 121 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 73.8 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 1,001 | 841 | 160 | 11 | 73.8 |
Related Context
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Phillip Tanner played RB for Middle Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Phillip Tanner recorded 2,024 rushing yards, 481 receiving yards, and 34 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Middle Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason
Middle Tennessee paired 1,122 primary output with 58.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2007 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville
Loss with 144 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2007 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
46.4
Efficiency
39.7
Usage
14.6
Consistency
41
Best Game by takeover score
Louisville
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 15. Louisville: 144. LSU: 10. Western Kentucky: 2. Florida International: 99. Virginia: 20. Memphis: 46. Arkansas State: 34. North Texas: 48
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. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 39.1. Louisville: 9 by 100. LSU: 7 by 8. Western Kentucky: 5 by 4.2. Florida International: 13 by 62.5. Virginia: 5 by 33.9. Memphis: 10 by 33.1. Arkansas State: 7 by 32.7. North Texas: 10 by 43.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins56.8 · Games = 4 · +18.5 vs Losses
Losses38.2 · Games = 5 · -18.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Louisville
Best efficiency game
100 vs Louisville
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/27 | @ North Texas | W 48-28 | 9 | 34 | 3.80 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Arkansas State | W 24-7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4.9 |
| Sun 10/14 | @ Memphis | W 21-7 | 9 | 20 | 2.20 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 4.6 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Virginia | L 21-23 | 4 | 11 | 2.80 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Florida International | W 47-6 | 12 | 59 | 4.90 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 7.6 |
| Thu 9/20 | vs Western Kentucky | L 17-20 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | — | — | 0.4 |
| Sun 9/16 | @ LSU | L 0-44 | 6 | 2 | 0.30 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1.4 |
| Thu 9/6 | @ Louisville100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 42-58 | 9 | 144 | 16 | 3 | — | — | 16 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 14-27 | 4 | 15 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
Player Story
Phillip Tanner story
Phillip Tanner built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Phillip Tanner's career was his backfield work: 2,024 rushing yards, 430 carries, 33 rushing touchdowns, and 481 receiving yards across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 481 receiving yards and 90 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Phillip Tanner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Middle Tennessee
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20072008200920102010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 418 | 39.7 | 14.6 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 849 | 39.2 | 30.2 | 431 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 116 | 53.8 | 17.2 | -733 |
| 2010 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 1,122 | 58.4 | 24.9 | 1,006 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 1,122 | 58.4 | 24.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs North Texas
Week 13 · W 52-13 · Conference game
Win with 162 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
162
Scrimmage Yards
94.8 takeover
162 scrimmage yards and 31.3 usage.
#2
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 13 · W 38-14 · Conference game
159
Scrimmage Yards
87.2 takeover
Win with 159 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
159 scrimmage yards and 24.6 usage.
#3
@ Louisville
Week 2 · L 42-58
144
Scrimmage Yards
86.6 takeover
Loss with 144 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
144 scrimmage yards and 20.9 usage.
#4
@ Miami (OH)
Week 1 · L 21-35 · Postseason
121
Scrimmage Yards
82.8 takeover
Loss with 121 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
121 scrimmage yards and 32 usage.
#5
vs Austin Peay
Week 2 · W 56-33
149
Scrimmage Yards
78.9 takeover
Win with 149 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
149 scrimmage yards and 23.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
1,122 primary output · 58.4 efficiency · 24.9 usage
73.8
#2
2010 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
73.8
1,122 primary · 58.4 efficiency · 24.9 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
68
849 primary · 39.2 efficiency · 30.2 usage
Milestones
5
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
8
2+ TD games
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