Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Kansas State
Justin Silmon
RB • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Tulsa, OK, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Justin Silmon leans balanced backfield option traits and 27.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
31
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: TCU
Player Story
Justin Silmon built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 32, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Justin Silmon's career was his backfield work:...
Read the storyJustin Silmon, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Kansas State. Justin Silmon leans balanced backfield option traits and 27.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,128
- Rushing yards
- 1,120
- Receiving yards
- 8
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Justin Silmon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,128
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Kansas State
- Top game
- TCU
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Senior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 70 scrimmage yards · RB 473rd (top 69%) · Big 12 118th (top 61%) · National 1,568th (top 57%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Postseason | Kansas State | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46.8 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas State | 13 | 356 | 353 | 3 | 2 | 46.8 |
| 2016 Postseason | Kansas State | 12 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 56.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas State | 12 | 389 | 387 | 2 | 3 | 56.6 |
| 2017 Postseason | Kansas State | 11 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 42.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 11 | 220 | 212 | 8 | 0 | 42.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas State | 4 | 70 | 76 | -6 | 1 | 27.9 |
Related Context
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Justin Silmon played RB for Kansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Justin Silmon recorded 1,120 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Kansas State paired 466 primary output with 49.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 27.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Loss with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
17.5
Efficiency
27.1
Usage
9.9
Consistency
41.2
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 18. West Virginia: 0. Oklahoma: 45. Texas Tech: 7
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. UTSA: 8 by 23.4. West Virginia: 1 by 0. Oklahoma: 9 by 60.7. Texas Tech: 3 by 24.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins12.5 · Games = 2 · -10 vs Losses
Losses22.5 · Games = 2 · +10 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
60.7 vs Oklahoma
Player Story
Justin Silmon story
Justin Silmon built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 32, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Justin Silmon's career was his backfield work: 1,120 rushing yards, 227 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 8 receiving yards across 40 career games in the available record. His career also includes 8 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Justin Silmon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201520162016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Postseason | Kansas State | 358 | 44.3 | 11.1 | 358 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas State | 358 | 44.3 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Kansas State | 466 | 49.7 | 12.5 | 108 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas State | 466 | 49.7 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Kansas State | 234 | 46.8 | 8.1 | -232 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 234 | 46.8 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas State | 70 | 27.1 | 9.9 | -164 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ TCU
Week 14 · W 30-6 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
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Scrimmage Yards
87.7 takeover
133 scrimmage yards and 36.7 usage.
#2
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 3 · W 39-33
122
Scrimmage Yards
83.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
122 scrimmage yards and 42.4 usage.
#3
@ Oklahoma
Week 9 · L 14-51 · Conference game
45
Scrimmage Yards
72.2 takeover
Loss with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
45 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#4
@ Texas Tech
Week 10 · W 42-35 · Conference game
45
Scrimmage Yards
70.2 takeover
Win with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
45 scrimmage yards and 3.7 usage.
#5
@ Vanderbilt
Week 3 · L 7-14
41
Scrimmage Yards
70.1 takeover
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 6.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Kansas State
466 primary output · 49.7 efficiency · 12.5 usage
56.6
#2
2016 Regular Season · Kansas State
56.6
466 primary · 49.7 efficiency · 12.5 usage
#3
2015 Postseason · Kansas State
46.8
358 primary · 44.3 efficiency · 11.1 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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