Player Dossier

2007-2009

Kent State

Alan Vanderink

RB • 5'10" • Hiram, OH, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Alan Vanderink leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Player Story

Alan Vanderink built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Hiram, OH wearing No. 32, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Alan Vanderink's career was his receiving role: 22...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.7222

Crestwood · Mantua, OH

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

Alan Vanderink, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Kent State. Alan Vanderink leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
255
Receiving yards
262
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Alan Vanderink quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
255
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Kent State
Top game
Louisiana
Recruit profile
2-star · Crestwood · Kent State
High school pipeline
Crestwood · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 32 · Class 2009

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonKent State991-798143.1
2008 Regular SeasonKent State41640164162.6
2009 Regular SeasonKent State2000050

Related Context

Alan Vanderink played RB for Kent State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Alan Vanderink recorded -7 rushing yards, 262 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Kent State paired 164 primary output with 84 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 53.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Loss with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2007 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

10.1

Efficiency

53.9

Usage

2.7

Consistency

55.2

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 4. Kentucky: 16. Ohio: 15. Miami (OH): 11. Ohio State: 6. Central Michigan: 9. Northern Illinois: 27. Temple: 5. Buffalo: -2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa State: 1 by 33.3. Kentucky: 1 by 100. Ohio: 1 by 100. Miami (OH): 1 by 91.7. Ohio State: 1 by 50. Central Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Northern Illinois: 4 by 56.3. Temple: 1 by 41.7. Buffalo: 1 by 0

Split Comparison

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

Wins9.5 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses10.3 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

100 vs Ohio

Result
Sat 11/24vs BuffaloL 23-301-2-2
Sat 11/17@ TempleL 14-24155
Sat 11/10@ Northern IllinoisL 20-274276.8
Sat 10/27vs Central MichiganL 32-411-7-702163
Sat 10/13@ Ohio StateL 3-48166
Sat 10/6vs Miami (OH)L 13-2011111
Sat 9/29@ OhioW 33-2511515
Sat 9/8@ KentuckyL 20-5611616
Fri 8/31@ Iowa StateW 23-14144

Player Story

Alan Vanderink story

Alan Vanderink built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Hiram, OH wearing No. 32, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Alan Vanderink's career was his receiving role: 22 catches, 262 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Alan Vanderink's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kent State

    2007-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonKent State9153.92.7
2008 Regular SeasonKent State164844.273
2009 Regular SeasonKent State00-164

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Louisiana

Week 4 · L 27-44

Loss with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

83

Scrimmage Yards

70.3 takeover

83 scrimmage yards and 3.8 usage.

#2

vs Delaware State

Week 3 · W 24-3

51

Scrimmage Yards

58.9 takeover

Win with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

51 scrimmage yards and 5.4 usage.

#3

@ Northern Illinois

Week 11 · L 20-27 · Conference game

27

Scrimmage Yards

58.5 takeover

Loss with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

27 scrimmage yards and 6.7 usage.

#4

@ Kentucky

Week 2 · L 20-56

16

Scrimmage Yards

54.4 takeover

Loss with 16 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

16 scrimmage yards and 1.4 usage.

#5

@ Ohio

Week 5 · W 33-25 · Conference game

15

Scrimmage Yards

53.5 takeover

Win with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

15 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Kent State

164 primary output · 84 efficiency · 4.2 usage

62.6

#2

2009 Regular Season · Kent State

50

0 primary · efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · Kent State

43.1

91 primary · 53.9 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games