Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2011Georgia Tech
Preston Lyons
RB • 6'0" • Atlanta, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Preston Lyons leans balanced backfield option traits and 56 efficiency.
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
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Georgia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Georgia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Player Story
Preston Lyons built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a running back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 27, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of Preston Lyons' career was his backfield work: 539...
Read the storyPreston Lyons, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Georgia Tech. Preston Lyons leans balanced backfield option traits and 56 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 590
- Rushing yards
- 539
- Receiving yards
- 51
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Preston Lyons quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia Tech · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 590
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2011 Postseason · Georgia Tech
- Top game
- Utah
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2011
- 2011 Scrimmage yards rank
- 348 scrimmage yards · RB 201st (top 44%) · ACC 63rd (top 32%) · National 593rd (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 11 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 8 | 103 | 60 | 43 | 0 | 29.2 |
| 2011 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 11 | 146 | 138 | 8 | 1 | 53.9 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 11 | 202 | 202 | 0 | 1 | 53.9 |
Related Context
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Preston Lyons played RB for Georgia Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, Preston Lyons recorded 539 rushing yards, 51 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Georgia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason
Georgia Tech paired 348 primary output with 56 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 56 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Loss with 146 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Postseason · Georgia Tech
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
31.6
Efficiency
56
Usage
8.6
Consistency
35.3
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah: 146. Western Carolina: 22. Middle Tennessee: 18. Kansas: 40. NC State: 22. Maryland: 14. Virginia: 5. Miami: 9. Clemson: 42. Virginia Tech: 26. Georgia: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 20 by 78.3. Western Carolina: 2 by 95.8. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 31.3. Kansas: 2 by 100. NC State: 5 by 45.8. Maryland: 4 by 36.5. Virginia: 1 by 52.1. Miami: 2 by 46.9. Clemson: 9 by 48.6. Virginia Tech: 7 by 38.7. Georgia: 1 by 41.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins26.3 · Games = 6 · -11.7 vs Losses
Losses38 · Games = 5 · +11.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Utah
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kansas
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/31 | @ Utah100 rush yards | L 27-30 | 18 | 138 | 7.70 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7.3 |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Georgia | L 17-31 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Fri 11/11 | vs Virginia Tech | L 26-37 | 7 | 26 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sun 10/30 | vs Clemson | W 31-17 | 9 | 42 | 4.70 | 0 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Miami | L 7-24 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Virginia | L 21-24 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Maryland | W 21-16 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ NC State | W 45-35 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | — | — | 4.4 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Kansas | W 66-24 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 0 | — | — | 20 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 49-21 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Thu 9/1 | vs Western Carolina | W 63-21 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 11 |
Player Story
Preston Lyons story
Preston Lyons built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a running back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 27, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of Preston Lyons' career was his backfield work: 539 rushing yards, 101 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 51 receiving yards across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 51 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Preston Lyons' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Georgia Tech
2009-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 139 | 42.8 | 4.2 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 103 | 47.2 | 3.3 | -36 |
| 2011 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 348 | 56 | 8.6 | 245 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 348 | 56 | 8.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah
Week 1 · L 27-30 · Postseason
Loss with 146 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
146
Scrimmage Yards
87.9 takeover
146 scrimmage yards and 29.9 usage.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 10 · W 30-27 · Conference game
41
Scrimmage Yards
70 takeover
Win with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 6.1 usage.
#3
@ Wake Forest
Week 5 · W 24-20 · Conference game
47
Scrimmage Yards
64.2 takeover
Win with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
47 scrimmage yards and 5.1 usage.
#4
@ Virginia
Week 8 · W 34-9 · Conference game
34
Scrimmage Yards
55 takeover
Win with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
34 scrimmage yards and 8.1 usage.
#5
vs Kansas
Week 3 · W 66-24
40
Scrimmage Yards
46 takeover
Win with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
40 scrimmage yards and 3.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Postseason · Georgia Tech
348 primary output · 56 efficiency · 8.6 usage
53.9
#2
2011 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
53.9
348 primary · 56 efficiency · 8.6 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
30.9
139 primary · 42.8 efficiency · 4.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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