Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Purdue
Dan Dierking
FB • 5'10" • Wheaton, IL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Dan Dierking leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
26
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
27
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Dan Dierking built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a FB from Wheaton, IL wearing No. 25, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Dan Dierking's career was his backfield work: 748 rushing yards,...
Read the storyDan Dierking, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Purdue. Dan Dierking leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,046
- Rushing yards
- 748
- Receiving yards
- 298
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Dan Dierking quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,046
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 702 scrimmage yards · FB 3rd (top 4%) · Big Ten 27th (top 14%) · National 239th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Purdue | 8 | 233 | 181 | 52 | 2 | 42.5 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Purdue | 4 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 20.7 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Purdue | 6 | 75 | 4 | 71 | 1 | 17.9 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Purdue | 11 | 702 | 529 | 173 | 5 | 70 |
Related Context
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Dan Dierking played FB for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dan Dierking recorded 748 rushing yards, 298 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Purdue paired 702 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2007 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 44.1 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: Ohio State
Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2007 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
29.1
Efficiency
44.1
Usage
10.1
Consistency
64
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 37. Eastern Illinois: 54. Central Michigan: 24. Minnesota: 41. Notre Dame: 9. Ohio State: 58. Michigan: 13. Iowa: -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. Toledo: 3 by 100. Eastern Illinois: 8 by 70.3. Central Michigan: 7 by 35.7. Minnesota: 7 by 61. Notre Dame: 4 by 23.4. Ohio State: 8 by 52.1. Michigan: 9 by 9.9. Iowa: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins27 · Games = 6 · -8.5 vs Losses
Losses35.5 · Games = 2 · +8.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ohio State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Toledo
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/20 | vs Iowa | W 31-6 | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Michigan | L 21-48 | 8 | 5 | 0.60 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1.4 |
| Sun 10/7 | vs Ohio State | L 7-23 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 7.3 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Notre Dame | W 33-19 | 4 | 9 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sun 9/23 | @ Minnesota | W 45-31 | 7 | 41 | 5.90 | 0 | — | — | 5.9 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Central Michigan | W 45-22 | 7 | 24 | 3.40 | 0 | — | — | 3.4 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Eastern Illinois | W 52-6 | 8 | 54 | 6.80 | 1 | — | — | 6.8 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Toledo | W 52-24 | 3 | 37 | 12.30 | 1 | — | — | 12.3 |
Player Story
Dan Dierking story
Dan Dierking built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a FB from Wheaton, IL wearing No. 25, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Dan Dierking's career was his backfield work: 748 rushing yards, 171 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 298 receiving yards across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 298 receiving yards and 35 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Dan Dierking's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Purdue | 233 | 44.1 | 10.1 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Purdue | 36 | 28.9 | 4.1 | -197 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Purdue | 75 | 40.2 | 2.1 | 39 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Purdue | 702 | 46.5 | 23.4 | 627 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Minnesota
Week 7 · W 28-17 · Conference game
Win with 126 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
126
Scrimmage Yards
84.3 takeover
126 scrimmage yards and 20.7 usage.
#2
vs Western Illinois
Week 2 · W 31-21
107
Scrimmage Yards
77.6 takeover
Win with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
107 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.
#3
vs Michigan State
Week 11 · L 37-40 · Conference game
62
Scrimmage Yards
69.1 takeover
Loss with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 2.6 usage.
#4
vs Ohio State
Week 6 · L 7-23 · Conference game
58
Scrimmage Yards
66.6 takeover
Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
58 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
#5
@ Notre Dame
Week 1 · L 12-23
84
Scrimmage Yards
64.7 takeover
Loss with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
84 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Purdue
702 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 23.4 usage
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#2
2007 Regular Season · Purdue
42.5
233 primary · 44.1 efficiency · 10.1 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Purdue
20.7
36 primary · 28.9 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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