Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2009East Carolina
Darnel Ballard
RB • 5'7" • Fayetteville, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Darnel Ballard leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Darnel Ballard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · East Carolina. Darnel Ballard leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 20
- Rushing yards
- 2
- Receiving yards
- 18
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Darnel Ballard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 20
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Rice
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 22 scrimmage yards · RB 389th (top 87%) · Conference USA 173rd (top 81%) · National 1,699th (top 81%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2008 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 23.6 |
| 2009 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 48.6 |
Related Context
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Darnel Ballard played RB for East Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Darnel Ballard recorded 2 rushing yards, 18 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 22 primary output with 35.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 35.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Win with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
2
Scrimmage Yards / G
11
Efficiency
35.4
Usage
3.1
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Rice
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. SMU: 0. Rice: 22
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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Wins22 · Games = 1 · +22 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -22 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Rice
Best efficiency game
35.4 vs Rice
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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East Carolina
2007-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | East Carolina | -2 | 0 | 1.4 | -2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | East Carolina | 22 | 35.4 | 3.1 | 24 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Rice
Week 7 · W 49-13 · Conference game
Win with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
22
Scrimmage Yards
51 takeover
22 scrimmage yards and 6.2 usage.
#2
vs UAB
Week 9 · W 41-6 · Conference game
0
Scrimmage Yards
1.7 takeover
Win with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
0 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.
#3
vs UTEP
Week 14 · W 53-21 · Conference game
-2
Scrimmage Yards
1.3 takeover
Win with -2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
-2 scrimmage yards and 1.4 usage.
#4
@ SMU
Week 6 · L 21-28 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
0 takeover
Loss with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
0 scrimmage yards and 0 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · East Carolina
22 primary output · 35.4 efficiency · 3.1 usage
48.6
#2
2007 Regular Season · East Carolina
35
0 primary · 0 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · East Carolina
23.6
-2 primary · 0 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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