Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Ball State paired 559 primary output with 54.6 efficiency.
Player Stats
Cory Sykes College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,247
- Rushing yards
- 1,247
- Touchdowns
- 8
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | Ball State | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Ball State | 13 | 420 | 420 | 0 | 3 | 51.7 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Ball State | 11 | 559 | 559 | 0 | 3 | 60.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Ball State | 8 | 260 | 260 | 0 | 2 | 38.5 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Player insights
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 54.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2010 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
32.5
Efficiency
54.9
Usage
10.6
Consistency
22.2
Best Game by takeover score
Central Michigan
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Active game
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southeast Missouri State: 70. Liberty: 65. Central Michigan: 92. Western Michigan: 11. Toledo: 8. Kent State: 4. Akron: 8. Northern Illinois: 2
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. Southeast Missouri State: 14 by 52.1. Liberty: 11 by 61.6. Central Michigan: 13 by 73.7. Western Michigan: 1 by 95.8. Toledo: 1 by 83.3. Kent State: 2 by 20.8. Akron: 2 by 41.7. Northern Illinois: 2 by 10.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins56.7 · Games = 3 · +38.7 vs Losses
Losses18 · Games = 5 · -38.7 vs Wins
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