Player Dossier

2007-2010

UNLV

Channing Trotter

RB • 5'9" • Mesa, AZ, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Channing Trotter leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

48%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

59

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

73

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Sacramento State

Player Story

Channing Trotter built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Mesa, AZ wearing No. 32, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Channing Trotter's career was his backfield work: 934...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2005 · Rating 0.7

Red Mountain · Mesa, AZ

Committed To
UNLV
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2005

Channing Trotter, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · UNLV. Channing Trotter leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,110
Rushing yards
934
Receiving yards
176
Touchdowns
13

Quick Answers

Channing Trotter quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,110
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 34 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · UNLV
Top game
Sacramento State
Recruit profile
2-star · Red Mountain · UNLV
High school pipeline
Red Mountain · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 32 · Class 2010
2010 Scrimmage yards rank
277 scrimmage yards · RB 216th (top 48%) · Mountain West 53rd (top 31%) · National 712th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonUNLV5764729135.6
2008 Regular SeasonUNLV41131103137.7
2009 Regular SeasonUNLV12644541103968.8
2010 Regular SeasonUNLV1327723641237.1

Related Context

Channing Trotter played RB for UNLV. Across 4 tracked seasons, Channing Trotter recorded 934 rushing yards, 176 receiving yards, and 13 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

UNLV paired 644 primary output with 47.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 47.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sacramento State

Win with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2009 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

53.7

Efficiency

47.4

Usage

20.5

Consistency

69.4

Best Game by takeover score

Sacramento State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Sacramento State: 103. Oregon State: 47. Hawai'i: 75. Wyoming: 95. Nevada: 17. BYU: 14. Utah: 73. New Mexico: 69. TCU: 13. Colorado State: 54. Air Force: 35. San Diego State: 49

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Sacramento State: 17 by 65.1. Oregon State: 13 by 35. Hawai'i: 17 by 46.7. Wyoming: 18 by 55.1. Nevada: 7 by 14.3. BYU: 5 by 29.2. Utah: 17 by 40. New Mexico: 14 by 51.8. TCU: 7 by 20.2. Colorado State: 7 by 79. Air Force: 6 by 41.8. San Diego State: 5 by 90.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins70 · Games = 5 · +28 vs Losses
Losses42 · Games = 7 · -28 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Sacramento State

Best efficiency game

90.8 vs San Diego State

Result
Sun 11/29vs San Diego StateW 28-24448121119.8
Sat 11/14@ Air ForceL 17-455142.8001215.8
Sun 11/8vs Colorado StateW 35-166457.501197.7
Sat 10/31@ TCUL 0-4161220111.9
Sun 10/25@ New MexicoW 34-17136551144.9
Sun 10/18vs UtahL 15-3513463.5004274.3
Sun 10/11vs BYUL 21-595142.8002.8
Sat 10/3@ Nevada2+ TDL 28-63320.7024152.4
Sat 9/26@ WyomingL 27-3017905.301155.3
Sun 9/20vs Hawai'iW 34-3315684.500274.4
Sun 9/13vs Oregon StateL 21-2311353.2002123.6
Sun 9/6vs Sacramento State100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 38-3161026.403116.1

Player Story

Channing Trotter story

Channing Trotter built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Mesa, AZ wearing No. 32, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Channing Trotter's career was his backfield work: 934 rushing yards, 206 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 176 receiving yards across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with UNLV. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 176 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV.

The arc is straightforward: Channing Trotter moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    UNLV

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2007200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonUNLV7642.94.9
2008 Regular SeasonUNLV11359.66.137
2009 Regular SeasonUNLV64447.420.5531
2010 Regular SeasonUNLV27734.412.9-367

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Sacramento State

Week 1 · W 38-3

Win with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

82.9 takeover

103 scrimmage yards and 29.3 usage.

#2

@ Idaho

Week 3 · L 7-30

73

Scrimmage Yards

79.5 takeover

Loss with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

73 scrimmage yards and 37.2 usage.

#3

@ Wyoming

Week 4 · L 27-30 · Conference game

95

Scrimmage Yards

79.2 takeover

Loss with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

95 scrimmage yards and 31.6 usage.

#4

vs New Mexico

Week 4 · W 45-10 · Conference game

78

Scrimmage Yards

76.6 takeover

Win with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

78 scrimmage yards and 29.1 usage.

#5

vs TCU

Week 10 · L 14-44 · Conference game

58

Scrimmage Yards

69 takeover

Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

58 scrimmage yards and 2.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · UNLV

644 primary output · 47.4 efficiency · 20.5 usage

68.8

#2

2008 Regular Season · UNLV

37.7

113 primary · 59.6 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · UNLV

37.1

277 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 12.9 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games