Player Dossier

2006-2009

Fresno State

Anthony Harding

RB • 6'0" • Turlock, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Anthony Harding leans balanced backfield option traits and 22.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

86

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

Anthony Harding built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Turlock, CA wearing No. 22, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Anthony Harding's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.8333

John H. Pitman · Turlock, CA

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Anthony Harding, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Fresno State. Anthony Harding leans balanced backfield option traits and 22.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,341
Rushing yards
1,172
Receiving yards
169
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Anthony Harding quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,341
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
Best season
2008 Postseason · Fresno State
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
3-star · John H. Pitman · Fresno State
High school pipeline
John H. Pitman · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
36 scrimmage yards · RB 367th (top 82%) · Western Athletic 101st (top 73%) · National 1,541st (top 74%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2006 Regular SeasonFresno State817214131129.2
2007 PostseasonFresno State846460032.9
2007 Regular SeasonFresno State814213111232.9
2008 PostseasonFresno State131281208268.3
2008 Regular SeasonFresno State13817702115468.3
2009 Regular SeasonFresno State836324020.5

Related Context

Anthony Harding played RB for Fresno State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Anthony Harding recorded 1,172 rushing yards, 169 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

Fresno State paired 945 primary output with 54.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 54.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Postseason · Fresno State

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

72.7

Efficiency

54.8

Usage

23.1

Consistency

52.4

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado State: 128. Rutgers: 19. Wisconsin: 2. Toledo: 92. UCLA: 36. Hawai'i: 169. Idaho: 94. Utah State: 50. Louisiana Tech: 47. Nevada: 54. New Mexico State: 101. San José State: 113. Boise State: 40

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado State: 19 by 69.7. Rutgers: 3 by 66. Wisconsin: 1 by 20.8. Toledo: 12 by 81.9. UCLA: 10 by 36.9. Hawai'i: 24 by 72. Idaho: 8 by 99. Utah State: 8 by 53.1. Louisiana Tech: 14 by 35. Nevada: 10 by 47.5. New Mexico State: 23 by 45.7. San José State: 18 by 62.6. Boise State: 11 by 22.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins72.1 · Games = 7 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses73.3 · Games = 6 · +1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

99 vs Idaho

Result
Sat 12/20vs Colorado State100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 35-40181206.702186.7
Fri 11/28@ Boise StateL 10-619111.2002293.6
Sat 11/22@ San José State2+ TDW 24-1017995.8021146.3
Sat 11/15vs New Mexico State100 rush yardsW 24-17231014.4004.4
Sat 11/8vs NevadaL 28-41832402225.4
Sat 11/1@ Louisiana TechL 35-3814473.4003.4
Sat 10/25@ Utah StateW 30-286264.3002246.3
Sun 10/12vs IdahoW 45-3289411.80011.8
Sun 10/5vs Hawai'i100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 29-32231576.8011127.0
Sat 9/27@ UCLAW 36-318283.500283.6
Sun 9/21@ ToledoW 55-549869.601367.7
Sun 9/14vs WisconsinL 10-1312202
Mon 9/1@ RutgersW 24-73196.3006.3

Player Story

Anthony Harding story

Anthony Harding built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a running back from Turlock, CA wearing No. 22, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Anthony Harding's career was his backfield work: 1,172 rushing yards, 247 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 169 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 169 receiving yards and 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Anthony Harding's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Fresno State

    2006-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200620072007200820082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 Regular SeasonFresno State17243.47.8
2007 PostseasonFresno State18829.911.616
2007 Regular SeasonFresno State18829.911.60
2008 PostseasonFresno State94554.823.1757
2008 Regular SeasonFresno State94554.823.10
2009 Regular SeasonFresno State3622.23.7-909

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Hawai'i

Week 6 · L 29-32 · Conference game

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

169

Scrimmage Yards

90.7 takeover

169 scrimmage yards and 39.3 usage.

#2

vs Colorado State

Week 1 · L 35-40 · Postseason

128

Scrimmage Yards

81.8 takeover

Loss with 128 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

128 scrimmage yards and 36.5 usage.

#3

vs Idaho

Week 12 · W 34-0 · Conference game

77

Scrimmage Yards

76.9 takeover

Win with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

77 scrimmage yards and 10.7 usage.

#4

@ San José State

Week 13 · W 24-10 · Conference game

113

Scrimmage Yards

76.5 takeover

Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

113 scrimmage yards and 40.9 usage.

#5

@ Texas A&M

Week 2 · L 45-47

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Scrimmage Yards

69.8 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

47 scrimmage yards and 31.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Postseason · Fresno State

945 primary output · 54.8 efficiency · 23.1 usage

68.3

#2

2008 Regular Season · Fresno State

68.3

945 primary · 54.8 efficiency · 23.1 usage

#3

2007 Postseason · Fresno State

32.9

188 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 11.6 usage

Milestones

3

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games