Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Colorado State
Zac Pauga
FB • 6'0" • Lakewood, CO, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Zac Pauga leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Colorado State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Colorado State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming
Player Story
Zac Pauga built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a FB from Lakewood, CO wearing No. 36, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Zac Pauga's career was his receiving role: 88 catches, 743...
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- Committed To
- Colorado State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
Zac Pauga, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Colorado State. Zac Pauga leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 851
- Rushing yards
- 108
- Receiving yards
- 743
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Zac Pauga quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado State · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 851
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Colorado State
- Top game
- Wyoming
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Green Mountain · Colorado State
- High school pipeline
- Green Mountain · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 361 scrimmage yards · FB 6th (top 7%) · Mountain West 43rd (top 25%) · National 588th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Colorado State | 9 | 102 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 35.8 |
| 2008 Postseason | Colorado State | 8 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 34.7 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Colorado State | 8 | 78 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 34.7 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Colorado State | 10 | 274 | 55 | 219 | 3 | 55.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Colorado State | 12 | 361 | 53 | 308 | 1 | 60.4 |
Related Context
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Zac Pauga played FB for Colorado State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zac Pauga recorded 108 rushing yards, 743 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Colorado State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Colorado State paired 361 primary output with 55.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 55.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Loss with 54 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Colorado State
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
30.1
Efficiency
55.4
Usage
7.1
Consistency
66
Best Game by takeover score
San Diego State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 4. Nevada: 5. Miami (OH): 15. Idaho: 63. TCU: 31. Air Force: 39. UNLV: 22. Utah: 41. New Mexico: 32. San Diego State: 54. BYU: 43. Wyoming: 12
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. Colorado: 2 by 16.7. Nevada: 1 by 41.7. Miami (OH): 3 by 41.7. Idaho: 6 by 62.5. TCU: 6 by 38.2. Air Force: 5 by 66.9. UNLV: 2 by 95.8. Utah: 4 by 61.5. New Mexico: 5 by 26.7. San Diego State: 4 by 93.8. BYU: 4 by 89.6. Wyoming: 3 by 29.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins39 · Games = 3 · +11.9 vs Losses
Losses27.1 · Games = 9 · -11.9 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
San Diego State
Best efficiency game
95.8 vs UNLV
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | @ Wyoming | L 0-44 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Sat 11/13 | vs BYU | L 10-49 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 43 | 10.8 |
| Sun 11/7 | @ San Diego State | L 19-24 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 13.5 |
| Sat 10/30 | vs New Mexico | W 38-14 | 2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 6.4 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Utah | L 6-59 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 10.3 |
| Sat 10/16 | vs UNLV | W 43-10 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Air Force | L 27-49 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 7.8 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs TCU | L 0-27 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 5.2 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Idaho | W 36-34 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 10.5 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Miami (OH) | L 10-31 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 15 | 5 |
| Sun 9/12 | @ Nevada | L 6-51 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Colorado | L 3-24 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Player Story
Zac Pauga story
Zac Pauga built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a FB from Lakewood, CO wearing No. 36, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Zac Pauga's career was his receiving role: 88 catches, 743 receiving yards, 4 touchdowns, and 108 rushing yards across 39 career games in the available record. His career also includes 108 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Zac Pauga's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Colorado State
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20072008200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Colorado State | 102 | 68.5 | 2.1 | — |
| 2008 Postseason | Colorado State | 114 | 43.3 | 4.4 | 12 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Colorado State | 114 | 43.3 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Colorado State | 274 | 58.2 | 7.4 | 160 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Colorado State | 361 | 55.4 | 7.1 | 87 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wyoming
Week 13 · W 36-28 · Conference game
Win with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
39
Scrimmage Yards
71 takeover
39 scrimmage yards and 4.6 usage.
#2
@ San Diego State
Week 10 · L 19-24 · Conference game
54
Scrimmage Yards
66.6 takeover
Loss with 54 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
54 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.
#3
@ Fresno State
Week 1 · W 40-35 · Postseason
36
Scrimmage Yards
65.3 takeover
Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
36 scrimmage yards and 7.3 usage.
#4
@ UNLV
Week 10 · L 16-35 · Conference game
58
Scrimmage Yards
64.6 takeover
Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
58 scrimmage yards and 16.4 usage.
#5
vs Idaho
Week 4 · W 36-34
63
Scrimmage Yards
63.5 takeover
Win with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
63 scrimmage yards and 9.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Colorado State
361 primary output · 55.4 efficiency · 7.1 usage
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#2
2009 Regular Season · Colorado State
55.2
274 primary · 58.2 efficiency · 7.4 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Colorado State
35.8
102 primary · 68.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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