Usage / Role
47%
Rotational offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2009-2011Indiana
Darius Willis
RB • 6'0" • Indianapolis, IN, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Darius Willis leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
68
Solid production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
lowhigh
Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Indiana
091011
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Player Story
Darius Willis built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a running back from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 28, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Darius Willis' career was his backfield work: 885...
Read the story2★
- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Darius Willis, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Indiana. Darius Willis leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,075
- Rushing yards
- 885
- Receiving yards
- 190
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Darius Willis quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,075
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Indiana
- Top game
- Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Aquinas Institute · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Aquinas Institute · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2011
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Indiana | 9 | 695 | 607 | 88 | 6 | 72.1 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Indiana | 4 | 380 | 278 | 102 | 5 | 70.5 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
Keep exploring Darius Willis
Darius Willis played RB for Indiana. Across 3 tracked seasons, Darius Willis recorded 885 rushing yards, 190 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Indiana paired 695 primary output with 44.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 44.9 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: Michigan
Loss with 179 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.
2009 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
77.2
Efficiency
44.9
Usage
28.1
Consistency
63.2
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan
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. Eastern Kentucky: 3. Akron: 66. Michigan: 179. Ohio State: 23. Illinois: 73. Northwestern: 103. Iowa: 88. Wisconsin: 18. Purdue: 142
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. Eastern Kentucky: 3 by 10.4. Akron: 15 by 45.8. Michigan: 19 by 89.3. Ohio State: 11 by 21.8. Illinois: 19 by 36.1. Northwestern: 14 by 76.6. Iowa: 25 by 30.7. Wisconsin: 8 by 15.6. Purdue: 19 by 77.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins47.3 · Games = 3 · -44.8 vs Losses
Losses92.2 · Games = 6 · +44.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Michigan
Best efficiency game
89.3 vs Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/21 | vs Purdue100 rush yards | L 21-38 | 19 | 142 | 7.50 | 0 | — | — | 7.5 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Wisconsin | L 28-31 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2.3 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Iowa | L 24-42 | 21 | 54 | 2.60 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Northwestern100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 28-29 | 14 | 103 | 7.40 | 2 | — | — | 7.4 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Illinois | W 27-14 | 18 | 58 | 3.20 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Ohio State | L 14-33 | 11 | 23 | 2.10 | 0 | — | — | 2.1 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 33-36 | 16 | 152 | 9.50 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9.4 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Akron | W 38-21 | 15 | 66 | 4.40 | 1 | — | — | 4.4 |
| Fri 9/4 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 19-13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
Player Story
Darius Willis story
Darius Willis built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a running back from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 28, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Darius Willis' career was his backfield work: 885 rushing yards, 187 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 190 receiving yards across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Indiana. 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 190 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Indiana.
The arc is straightforward: Darius Willis 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
Indiana
2009-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Indiana | 695 | 44.9 | 28.1 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Indiana | 380 | 49.1 | 32.4 | -315 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | — | — | -380 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan
Week 4 · L 33-36 · Conference game
Loss with 179 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
179
Scrimmage Yards
96.4 takeover
179 scrimmage yards and 35.2 usage.
#2
vs Towson
Week 1 · W 51-17
102
Scrimmage Yards
86 takeover
Win with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
102 scrimmage yards and 31.8 usage.
#3
vs Purdue
Week 12 · L 21-38 · Conference game
142
Scrimmage Yards
83.1 takeover
Loss with 142 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
142 scrimmage yards and 32.2 usage.
#4
vs Akron
Week 4 · W 35-20
100
Scrimmage Yards
79.6 takeover
Win with 100 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
100 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.
#5
vs Michigan
Week 5 · L 35-42 · Conference game
112
Scrimmage Yards
76.5 takeover
Loss with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
112 scrimmage yards and 31.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Indiana
695 primary output · 44.9 efficiency · 28.1 usage
72.1
#2
2010 Regular Season · Indiana
70.5
380 primary · 49.1 efficiency · 32.4 usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · Indiana
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Darius Willis
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.