Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Texas
D.J. Monroe
RB • 5'9" • Angleton, TX, USA
Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency
D.J. Monroe leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 68.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
D.J. Monroe built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Angleton, TX wearing No. 26, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of D.J. Monroe's career was his backfield work: 826 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
D.J. Monroe, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Texas. D.J. Monroe leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 68.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 935
- Rushing yards
- 826
- Receiving yards
- 109
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
D.J. Monroe quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 935
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2011 Postseason · Texas
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Angleton · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Angleton · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 201 scrimmage yards · RB 282nd (top 57%) · Big 12 87th (top 49%) · National 942nd (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Texas | 10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 32.4 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Texas | 10 | 110 | 110 | 0 | 2 | 32.4 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Texas | 11 | 195 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 39.7 |
| 2011 Postseason | Texas | 13 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 60.4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Texas | 13 | 385 | 326 | 59 | 1 | 60.4 |
| 2012 Postseason | Texas | 13 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 40 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas | 13 | 183 | 153 | 30 | 4 | 40 |
Related Context
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D.J. Monroe played RB for Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, D.J. Monroe recorded 826 rushing yards, 109 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason
Texas paired 396 primary output with 61.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 68.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State
Loss with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2012 Postseason · Texas
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
15.5
Efficiency
68.1
Usage
3.3
Consistency
31.8
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 18. Wyoming: 51. New Mexico: 10. Ole Miss: 10. Oklahoma State: 24. West Virginia: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Baylor: 9. Kansas: 11. Texas Tech: 10. Iowa State: 2. TCU: 0. Kansas State: 56
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. Oregon State: 4 by 37.5. Wyoming: 6 by 80.4. New Mexico: 2 by 52.1. Ole Miss: 1 by 91.7. Oklahoma State: 3 by 83.3. Baylor: 3 by 31.3. Kansas: 1 by 95.8. Texas Tech: 1 by 91.7. Iowa State: 1 by 16.7. Kansas State: 3 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins16.1 · Games = 9 · +2.1 vs Losses
Losses14 · Games = 4 · -2.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kansas State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kansas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/29 | @ Oregon State | W 31-27 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 |
| Sun 12/2 | @ Kansas State | L 24-42 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 18.7 |
| Fri 11/23 | vs TCU | L 13-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Iowa State | W 33-7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Texas Tech | W 31-22 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Kansas | W 21-17 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 |
| Sun 10/21 | vs Baylor | W 56-50 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Oklahoma | L 21-63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs West Virginia | L 45-48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Oklahoma State | W 41-36 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 |
| Sun 9/16 | @ Ole Miss | W 66-31 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 10 |
| Sun 9/9 | vs New Mexico | W 45-0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Sun 9/2 | vs Wyoming | W 37-17 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8.5 |
Player Story
D.J. Monroe story
D.J. Monroe built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Angleton, TX wearing No. 26, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of D.J. Monroe's career was his backfield work: 826 rushing yards, 113 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 109 receiving yards across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Texas. 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 109 receiving yards and 1,685 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas.
The arc is straightforward: D.J. Monroe 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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Texas
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Texas | 143 | 56.1 | 3.6 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Texas | 143 | 56.1 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Texas | 195 | 71.2 | 3.6 | 52 |
| 2011 Postseason | Texas | 396 | 61.1 | 7.4 | 201 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Texas | 396 | 61.1 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | Texas | 201 | 68.1 | 3.3 | -195 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas | 201 | 68.1 | 3.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Baylor
Week 14 · L 24-48 · Conference game
Loss with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
83
Scrimmage Yards
75.2 takeover
83 scrimmage yards and 13 usage.
#2
@ Oklahoma
Week 5 · L 20-28 · Conference game
65
Scrimmage Yards
74.5 takeover
Loss with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65 scrimmage yards and 8.2 usage.
#3
@ Kansas State
Week 14 · L 24-42 · Conference game
56
Scrimmage Yards
71.8 takeover
Loss with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
56 scrimmage yards and 5.4 usage.
#4
vs UL Monroe
Week 1 · W 59-20
64
Scrimmage Yards
69.7 takeover
Win with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
64 scrimmage yards and 12.2 usage.
#5
vs BYU
Week 2 · W 17-16
66
Scrimmage Yards
67 takeover
Win with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
66 scrimmage yards and 7.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Postseason · Texas
396 primary output · 61.1 efficiency · 7.4 usage
60.4
#2
2011 Regular Season · Texas
60.4
396 primary · 61.1 efficiency · 7.4 usage
#3
2012 Postseason · Texas
40
201 primary · 68.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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