Usage / Role
2%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Northwestern
Auston Anderson
RB • 5'9" • 198 lbs • Plano, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Auston Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 40 efficiency.
Impact Production
6
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
14
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
Auston Anderson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northwestern. Auston Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 40 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 101
- Rushing yards
- 101
Quick Answers
Auston Anderson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 101
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Eastern Illinois
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 23 scrimmage yards · RB 530th (top 88%) · Big Ten 200th (top 77%) · National 1,956th (top 80%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Postseason | Northwestern | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 |
Related Context
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Auston Anderson played RB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Auston Anderson recorded 101 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 22 primary output with 44.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 40 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Win with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
5.8
Efficiency
40
Usage
2.4
Consistency
48.6
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Minnesota: 11. Illinois: 12
Volume vs Efficiency
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Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 2 · -11.5 vs Second Half
Second Half11.5 · Games = 2 · +11.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Illinois
Career Arc
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Northwestern
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Postseason | Northwestern | 56 | 24.3 | 6.2 | 56 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 56 | 24.3 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 22 | 44.8 | 4.3 | -34 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 23 | 40 | 2.4 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Illinois
Week 2 · W 41-0
Win with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
56
Scrimmage Yards
67.2 takeover
56 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.
#2
vs Duke
Week 3 · W 24-13
9
Scrimmage Yards
64 takeover
Win with 9 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
9 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.
#3
@ Illinois
Week 13 · W 42-7 · Conference game
12
Scrimmage Yards
52 takeover
Win with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
12 scrimmage yards and 5 usage.
#4
vs Minnesota
Week 12 · W 39-0 · Conference game
11
Scrimmage Yards
47.8 takeover
Win with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
11 scrimmage yards and 4.7 usage.
#5
vs Illinois State
Week 2 · L 7-9
8
Scrimmage Yards
44.4 takeover
Loss with 8 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
8 scrimmage yards and 8.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
22 primary output · 44.8 efficiency · 4.3 usage
44.4
#2
2015 Postseason · Northwestern
38.3
56 primary · 24.3 efficiency · 6.2 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
38.3
56 primary · 24.3 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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