Player Dossier

2014-2017

Ball State

Darian Green

RB • 5'8" • 185 lbs • Lafayette, IN, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Darian Green leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

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Impact Production

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Reliability

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Star Power

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High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Darian Green built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Lafayette, IN wearing No. 25, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Darian Green's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7959

Jefferson · Lafayette, IN

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Darian Green, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Ball State. Darian Green leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,409
Rushing yards
1,089
Receiving yards
320
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Darian Green quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,409
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Jefferson · Ball State
High school pipeline
Jefferson · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Class 2017

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonBall State516048112040.8
2015 Regular SeasonBall State1281473084668.5
2016 Regular SeasonBall State8435311124155.5
2017 Regular SeasonBall State00000-

Related Context

Darian Green played RB for Ball State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darian Green recorded 1,089 rushing yards, 320 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Ball State paired 814 primary output with 48.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with — 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: Nevada

Game with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

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Scrimmage Yards / G

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 37. Oregon: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half37 · Games = 1 · +34 vs Second Half
Second Half3 · Games = 1 · -34 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

38.5 vs Nevada

Result
Sat 9/8@ Oregon3-1-0.300140.8
Sat 9/1@ Nevada10373.7003.7

Player Story

Darian Green story

Darian Green built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Lafayette, IN wearing No. 25, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Darian Green's career was his backfield work: 1,089 rushing yards, 214 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 320 receiving yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Ball 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 320 receiving yards and 810 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State.

The arc is straightforward: Darian Green 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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    Ball State

    2014-2017

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Season Value Progression

2014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonBall State16061.26.6
2015 Regular SeasonBall State81448.322.6654
2016 Regular SeasonBall State43552.915.7-379
2017 Regular SeasonBall State0-435

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 3 · W 28-17 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

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Scrimmage Yards

89.2 takeover

178 scrimmage yards and 36.8 usage.

#2

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 4 · W 31-27

93

Scrimmage Yards

77.6 takeover

Win with 93 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

93 scrimmage yards and 15.4 usage.

#3

vs VMI

Week 1 · W 48-36

147

Scrimmage Yards

76.8 takeover

Win with 147 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

147 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.

#4

@ Georgia State

Week 1 · W 31-21

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Scrimmage Yards

76.6 takeover

Win with 93 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

93 scrimmage yards and 19.4 usage.

#5

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 13 · W 45-30 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

72.4 takeover

Win with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

56 scrimmage yards and 6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Ball State

814 primary output · 48.3 efficiency · 22.6 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Ball State

55.5

435 primary · 52.9 efficiency · 15.7 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Ball State

40.8

160 primary · 61.2 efficiency · 6.6 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games