Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Northwestern
Stephen Simmons
RB • 5'8" • St. Louis, MO, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Stephen Simmons leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
27
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Stephen Simmons built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 25, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Stephen Simmons' career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
Stephen Simmons, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Northwestern. Stephen Simmons leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 619
- Rushing yards
- 562
- Receiving yards
- 57
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Stephen Simmons quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 619
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Louis University · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- St. Louis University · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 163 scrimmage yards · RB 276th (top 61%) · Big Ten 88th (top 44%) · National 965th (top 46%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 189 | 178 | 11 | 2 | 56.6 |
| 2009 Postseason | Northwestern | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 47.5 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 263 | 226 | 37 | 2 | 47.5 |
| 2010 Postseason | Northwestern | 10 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 10 | 124 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 39.6 |
Related Context
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Stephen Simmons played RB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Stephen Simmons recorded 562 rushing yards, 57 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 189 primary output with 33.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 40.2 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: Wisconsin
Loss with 55 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Postseason · Northwestern
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
16.3
Efficiency
40.2
Usage
7.3
Consistency
37.1
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas Tech: 39. Vanderbilt: 14. Illinois State: 17. Rice: 28. Central Michigan: 4. Minnesota: 0. Purdue: 0. Penn State: 0. Illinois: 6. Wisconsin: 55
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 Tech: 10 by 37.8. Vanderbilt: 3 by 48.6. Illinois State: 6 by 31.8. Rice: 9 by 32.4. Central Michigan: 2 by 20.8. Illinois: 1 by 62.5. Wisconsin: 12 by 47.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins12.6 · Games = 5 · -7.4 vs Losses
Losses20 · Games = 5 · +7.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/1 | @ Texas Tech | L 38-45 | 9 | 31 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3.9 |
| Sat 11/27 | @ Wisconsin | L 23-70 | 12 | 55 | 4.60 | 0 | — | — | 4.6 |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Illinois | L 27-48 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Penn State | L 21-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Purdue | L 17-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Minnesota | W 29-28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Central Michigan | W 30-25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Rice | W 30-13 | 9 | 28 | 3.10 | 0 | — | — | 3.1 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Illinois State | W 37-3 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.8 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Vanderbilt | W 23-21 | 3 | 14 | 4.70 | 0 | — | — | 4.7 |
Player Story
Stephen Simmons story
Stephen Simmons built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 25, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Stephen Simmons' career was his backfield work: 562 rushing yards, 166 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 57 receiving yards across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 57 receiving yards and 1,165 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Stephen Simmons' 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
Northwestern
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200720082009200920102010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Northwestern | -3 | 0 | 3.9 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Northwestern | 189 | 33.1 | 22.5 | 192 |
| 2009 Postseason | Northwestern | 270 | 34.4 | 11.3 | 81 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Northwestern | 270 | 34.4 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 2010 Postseason | Northwestern | 163 | 40.2 | 7.3 | -107 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 163 | 40.2 | 7.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Illinois
Week 13 · W 27-10 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
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Scrimmage Yards
78 takeover
80 scrimmage yards and 41.1 usage.
#2
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 2 · W 27-24
88
Scrimmage Yards
75.7 takeover
Win with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
88 scrimmage yards and 23 usage.
#3
vs Towson
Week 1 · W 47-14
85
Scrimmage Yards
73.1 takeover
Win with 85 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
85 scrimmage yards and 27.1 usage.
#4
@ Wisconsin
Week 13 · L 23-70 · Conference game
55
Scrimmage Yards
73 takeover
Loss with 55 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
55 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
#5
@ Michigan
Week 12 · W 21-14 · Conference game
56
Scrimmage Yards
65.5 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
56 scrimmage yards and 42.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Northwestern
189 primary output · 33.1 efficiency · 22.5 usage
56.6
#2
2009 Postseason · Northwestern
47.5
270 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 11.3 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Northwestern
47.5
270 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 11.3 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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