Player Dossier

2007-2010

Arizona

Nic Grigsby

RB • 5'10" • Whittier, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Nic Grigsby leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

73

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

58

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho

Player Story

Nic Grigsby built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Whittier, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Nic Grigsby's career was his backfield work: 2,957...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.8333

St. Paul · Santa Fe Springs, CA

Committed To
Arizona
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

Nic Grigsby, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Arizona. Nic Grigsby leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,465
Rushing yards
2,957
Receiving yards
508
Touchdowns
31

Quick Answers

Nic Grigsby quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,465
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
Best season
2008 Postseason · Arizona
Top game
Idaho
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Paul · Arizona
High school pipeline
St. Paul · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2010
2010 Scrimmage yards rank
722 scrimmage yards · RB 98th (top 22%) · Pac-10 18th (top 11%) · National 226th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonArizona10904704200464.6
2008 PostseasonArizona1387870175.6
2008 Regular SeasonArizona131,1281,066621275.6
2009 PostseasonArizona10880047.2
2009 Regular SeasonArizona1061655957547.2
2010 PostseasonArizona12855926059.9
2010 Regular SeasonArizona12637474163959.9

Related Context

Nic Grigsby played RB for Arizona. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nic Grigsby recorded 2,957 rushing yards, 508 receiving yards, and 31 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

Arizona paired 1,215 primary output with 56.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 41.9 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: Washington State

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

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2007 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

90.4

Efficiency

41.9

Usage

35.8

Consistency

42

Best Game by takeover score

Washington State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 57. California: 63. Washington State: 262. Oregon State: 61. USC: 10. Stanford: 141. Washington: 65. UCLA: 129. Oregon: 70. Arizona State: 46

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Arizona: 10 by 62.6. California: 17 by 35.6. Washington State: 39 by 66.7. Oregon State: 16 by 39.7. USC: 7 by 14.9. Stanford: 27 by 54.6. Washington: 19 by 25.8. UCLA: 23 by 62.1. Oregon: 23 by 29.2. Arizona State: 15 by 28.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins116.6 · Games = 5 · +52.4 vs Losses
Losses64.2 · Games = 5 · -52.4 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

Washington State

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Washington State

Result
Sun 12/2@ Arizona StateL 17-209222.4006243.1
Fri 11/16vs OregonW 34-2420532.7003173.0
Sat 11/3vs UCLA100 rush yardsW 34-27201246.201355.6
Sat 10/27@ WashingtonW 48-4113241.8006413.4
Sat 10/20vs Stanford100 rush yardsL 20-21241265.3003155.2
Sat 10/13@ USCL 13-207101.4001.4
Sat 10/6@ Oregon StateL 16-3116613.8003.8
Sun 9/30vs Washington State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 48-20301866.2009766.7
Sat 9/22@ CaliforniaL 27-4513423.2014213.7
Sun 9/9vs Northern ArizonaW 45-249566.200115.7

Player Story

Nic Grigsby story

Nic Grigsby built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Whittier, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Nic Grigsby's career was his backfield work: 2,957 rushing yards, 572 carries, 28 rushing touchdowns, and 508 receiving yards across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Arizona. 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 508 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona.

The arc is straightforward: Nic Grigsby 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Arizona

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2007200820082009200920102010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonArizona90441.935.8
2008 PostseasonArizona1,21556.630.4311
2008 Regular SeasonArizona1,21556.630.40
2009 PostseasonArizona62457.417.6-591
2009 Regular SeasonArizona62457.417.60
2010 PostseasonArizona72248.22098
2010 Regular SeasonArizona72248.2200

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Idaho

Week 1 · W 70-0

Win with 190 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

92.4 takeover

190 scrimmage yards and 31.9 usage.

#2

@ Washington State

Week 11 · W 59-28 · Conference game

189

Scrimmage Yards

89.9 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

189 scrimmage yards and 41.2 usage.

#3

vs Northern Arizona

Week 2 · W 34-17

219

Scrimmage Yards

89.4 takeover

Win with 219 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

219 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.

#4

vs Washington State

Week 5 · W 48-20 · Conference game

262

Scrimmage Yards

88.9 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

262 scrimmage yards and 59.1 usage.

#5

vs The Citadel

Week 2 · W 52-6

116

Scrimmage Yards

83.1 takeover

Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

116 scrimmage yards and 21.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Postseason · Arizona

1,215 primary output · 56.6 efficiency · 30.4 usage

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#2

2008 Regular Season · Arizona

75.6

1,215 primary · 56.6 efficiency · 30.4 usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · Arizona

64.6

904 primary · 41.9 efficiency · 35.8 usage

Milestones

11

100+ rush yards

4

150+ scrimmage yards

6

2+ TD games