Usage / Role
46%
Rotational offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2009-2010Akron
Nate Burney
RB • 5'6" • Youngstown, OH, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Nate Burney leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Akron
0910
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Gardner-Webb
Player Story
Nate Burney built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 15, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Nate Burney's career was his backfield work: 514...
Read the storyNate Burney, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Akron. Nate Burney leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 587
- Rushing yards
- 514
- Receiving yards
- 73
Quick Answers
Nate Burney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 587
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Gardner-Webb
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 500 scrimmage yards · RB 137th (top 31%) · Mid-American 38th (top 17%) · National 391st (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Akron | 4 | 87 | 47 | 40 | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 500 | 467 | 33 | 0 | 60.5 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Nate Burney
Nate Burney played RB for Akron. Across 2 tracked seasons, Nate Burney recorded 514 rushing yards and 73 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Akron paired 500 primary output with 38.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 38.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Gardner-Webb
Loss with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2010 Regular Season · Akron
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
41.7
Efficiency
38.9
Usage
21
Consistency
43.2
Best Game by takeover score
Gardner-Webb
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Syracuse: 46. Gardner-Webb: 119. Kentucky: 27. Indiana: 61. Northern Illinois: 29. Kent State: 24. Ohio: 50. Western Michigan: 91. Temple: 14. Ball State: 15. Miami (OH): 0. Buffalo: 24
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Syracuse: 13 by 34.5. Gardner-Webb: 17 by 72.9. Kentucky: 11 by 24. Indiana: 10 by 68.5. Northern Illinois: 9 by 37.6. Kent State: 8 by 29.5. Ohio: 14 by 31.5. Western Michigan: 16 by 59.2. Temple: 7 by 20.8. Ball State: 6 by 26. Miami (OH): 1 by 0. Buffalo: 4 by 62.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins24 · Games = 1 · -19.3 vs Losses
Losses43.3 · Games = 11 · +19.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Gardner-Webb
Best efficiency game
72.9 vs Gardner-Webb
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/26 | vs Buffalo | W 22-14 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Wed 11/17 | vs Miami (OH) | L 14-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Ball State | L 30-37 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Temple | L 0-30 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Western Michigan | L 10-56 | 16 | 91 | 5.70 | 0 | — | — | 5.7 |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Ohio | L 10-38 | 12 | 32 | 2.70 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3.6 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Kent State | L 17-28 | 7 | 19 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Northern Illinois | L 14-50 | 8 | 31 | 3.90 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3.2 |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Indiana | L 20-35 | 9 | 62 | 6.90 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6.1 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Kentucky | L 10-47 | 10 | 22 | 2.20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Gardner-Webb100 rush yards | L 37-38 | 17 | 119 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Syracuse | L 3-29 | 12 | 38 | 3.20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3.5 |
Player Story
Nate Burney story
Nate Burney built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 15, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Nate Burney's career was his backfield work: 514 rushing yards, 123 carries, and 73 receiving yards across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Akron. 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 73 receiving yards and 285 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron.
The arc is straightforward: Nate Burney 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Akron
2009-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Akron | 87 | 41.4 | 9.1 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Akron | 500 | 38.9 | 21 | 413 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Gardner-Webb
Week 2 · L 37-38
Loss with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
119
Scrimmage Yards
86.6 takeover
119 scrimmage yards and 30.4 usage.
#2
vs Western Michigan
Week 8 · L 10-56 · Conference game
91
Scrimmage Yards
74.6 takeover
Loss with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
91 scrimmage yards and 30.8 usage.
#3
vs Indiana
Week 3 · L 21-38
40
Scrimmage Yards
69.9 takeover
Loss with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
40 scrimmage yards and 11.4 usage.
#4
@ Indiana
Week 4 · L 20-35
61
Scrimmage Yards
61.1 takeover
Loss with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
61 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.
#5
vs Syracuse
Week 1 · L 3-29
46
Scrimmage Yards
57.7 takeover
Loss with 46 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
46 scrimmage yards and 36.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Akron
500 primary output · 38.9 efficiency · 21 usage
60.5
#2
2009 Regular Season · Akron
37.8
87 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 9.1 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Nate Burney
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.