Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011Mississippi State
Robert Elliott
RB • 6'2" • Okolona, MS, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Robert Elliott leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
6
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Jackson State
Player Story
Robert Elliott built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Okolona, MS wearing No. 2, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Robert Elliott's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2007
Robert Elliott, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Mississippi State. Robert Elliott leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 627
- Rushing yards
- 540
- Receiving yards
- 87
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Robert Elliott quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 627
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2010 Postseason · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Jackson State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Okolona · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Okolona · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2011
- 2011 Scrimmage yards rank
- 57 scrimmage yards · RB 372nd (top 80%) · SEC 150th (top 67%) · National 1,420th (top 67%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 3 | 114 | 61 | 53 | 1 | 43.2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 11 | 221 | 221 | 0 | 2 | 48.2 |
| 2010 Postseason | Mississippi State | 13 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 49.6 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 13 | 199 | 185 | 14 | 0 | 49.6 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 6 | 57 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 30.5 |
Related Context
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Robert Elliott played RB for Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Robert Elliott recorded 540 rushing yards, 87 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason
Mississippi State paired 235 primary output with 34.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 42.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
9.5
Efficiency
42.9
Usage
4.2
Consistency
43
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 36. LSU: 9. Georgia: 7. UAB: 8. UT Martin: 0. Ole Miss: -3
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. Memphis: 6 by 50. LSU: 1 by 87.5. Georgia: 2 by 36.5. UAB: 1 by 83.3. UT Martin: 1 by 0. Ole Miss: 3 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins10.3 · Games = 4 · +2.3 vs Losses
Losses8 · Games = 2 · -2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
87.5 vs LSU
Player Story
Robert Elliott story
Robert Elliott built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Okolona, MS wearing No. 2, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Robert Elliott's career was his backfield work: 540 rushing yards, 134 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 87 receiving yards across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Mississippi State. 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 87 receiving yards and 65 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State.
The arc is straightforward: Robert Elliott 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
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Mississippi State
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082009201020102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 114 | 41 | 12.6 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 221 | 37.7 | 6.7 | 107 |
| 2010 Postseason | Mississippi State | 235 | 34.3 | 8.1 | 14 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 235 | 34.3 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 57 | 42.9 | 4.2 | -178 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Jackson State
Week 1 · W 45-7
Win with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
80
Scrimmage Yards
76 takeover
80 scrimmage yards and 18.3 usage.
#2
@ Georgia Tech
Week 4 · L 7-38
70
Scrimmage Yards
68.8 takeover
Loss with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
70 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
#3
@ Arkansas
Week 12 · L 21-42 · Conference game
62
Scrimmage Yards
65.8 takeover
Loss with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 11.5 usage.
#4
@ Houston
Week 6 · W 47-24
43
Scrimmage Yards
62 takeover
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 15.9 usage.
#5
@ LSU
Week 3 · L 7-29 · Conference game
39
Scrimmage Yards
61.2 takeover
Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
39 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Postseason · Mississippi State
235 primary output · 34.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage
49.6
#2
2010 Regular Season · Mississippi State
49.6
235 primary · 34.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Mississippi State
48.2
221 primary · 37.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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