Player Dossier

2007-2011

Northwestern

Drake Dunsmore

? • 6'3" • Lenexa, KS, USA

Impact contributor

Drake Dunsmore shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn

Player Story

Drake Dunsmore built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a player from Lenexa, KS wearing No. 9, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Drake Dunsmore's career was his receiving role: 143...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.8344

St. Thomas Aquinas · Overland Park, KS

Committed To
Northwestern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2012
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 26
Overall
No. 233
NFL Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Drake Dunsmore, ?. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Northwestern. Drake Dunsmore shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
14
Receiving yards
1,567

Quick Answers

Drake Dunsmore quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · ?
Career Touchdowns
14
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 44 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · Northwestern
Top game
Auburn
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Thomas Aquinas · Northwestern
High school pipeline
St. Thomas Aquinas · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2012 · Round 7 · Pick 26 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Latest roster
No. 9 · Class 2011
2011 Touchdowns rank
6 touchdowns · ? 22nd (top 29%) · Big Ten 32nd (top 22%) · National 363rd (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2007 Regular SeasonNorthwestern600100
2008 Regular SeasonNorthwestern000-
2009 PostseasonNorthwestern131328.9
2009 Regular SeasonNorthwestern132328.9
2010 PostseasonNorthwestern120547.2
2010 Regular SeasonNorthwestern125547.2
2011 PostseasonNorthwestern130653.9
2011 Regular SeasonNorthwestern136653.9

Related Context

Drake Dunsmore played ? for Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Drake Dunsmore recorded 1,567 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

Northwestern paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — 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: Indiana

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2011 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

0.5

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

7.7

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. Boston College: 0. Eastern Illinois: 0. Army: 0. Illinois: 1. Michigan: 0. Iowa: 1. Penn State: 0. Indiana: 4. Nebraska: 0. Rice: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan State: 0

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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Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

— vs Texas A&M

Result
Sat 12/31vs Texas A&ML 22-33
Sat 11/26vs Michigan StateL 17-31
Sat 11/19vs MinnesotaW 28-13
Sat 11/12vs RiceW 28-6
Sat 11/5@ NebraskaW 28-25
Sat 10/29@ IndianaW 59-38
Sat 10/22vs Penn StateL 24-34
Sat 10/15@ IowaL 31-41
Sat 10/8vs MichiganL 24-42
Sat 10/1@ IllinoisL 35-38
Sat 9/17@ ArmyL 14-21
Sat 9/10vs Eastern IllinoisW 42-21
Sat 9/3@ Boston CollegeW 24-17

Player Story

Drake Dunsmore story

Drake Dunsmore built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a player from Lenexa, KS wearing No. 9, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Drake Dunsmore's career was his receiving role: 143 catches, 1,567 receiving yards, and 14 touchdowns across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Northwestern. 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. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.

The arc is straightforward: Drake Dunsmore 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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    Northwestern

    2007-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20072008200920092010201020112011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0
2008 Regular SeasonNorthwestern00
2009 PostseasonNorthwestern33
2009 Regular SeasonNorthwestern30
2010 PostseasonNorthwestern52
2010 Regular SeasonNorthwestern50
2011 PostseasonNorthwestern61
2011 Regular SeasonNorthwestern60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Auburn

Week 1 · L 35-38 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

1 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Iowa

Week 10 · W 17-10 · Conference game

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Syracuse

Week 3 · L 34-37

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

1 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Illinois State

Week 2 · W 37-3

2

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

2 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 9 · W 59-38 · Conference game

4

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

4 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · Northwestern

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2011 Postseason · Northwestern

53.9

6 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Northwestern

53.9

6 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games