Player Dossier

2009-2009

Michigan State

Caulton Ray

RB • 5'9" • Southfield, MI, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Caulton Ray leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

26

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

30

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

35

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Montana State

Player Story

Caulton Ray built his college career in 2009 as a running back from Southfield, MI wearing No. 24, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Caulton Ray's career was his backfield work: 156 rushing...

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Caulton Ray, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Michigan State. Caulton Ray leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
170
Rushing yards
156
Receiving yards
14
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Caulton Ray quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
170
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 7 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · Michigan State
Top game
Montana State
Latest roster
No. 24 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
170 scrimmage yards · RB 261st (top 58%) · Big Ten 97th (top 52%) · National 949th (top 46%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan State517015614161.8

Related Context

Caulton Ray played RB for Michigan State. Across 1 tracked season, Caulton Ray recorded 156 rushing yards, 14 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 170 primary output with 40.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 40.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Game with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

5

Scrimmage Yards / G

34

Efficiency

40.1

Usage

16.1

Consistency

61.3

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

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All Games10 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Iowa State

Best efficiency game

15.3 vs Iowa State

Result
Sun 9/16@ Iowa State9161.8001-61

Player Story

Caulton Ray story

Caulton Ray built his college career in 2009 as a running back from Southfield, MI wearing No. 24, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Caulton Ray's career was his backfield work: 156 rushing yards, 40 carries, 1 rushing touchdown, and 14 receiving yards across 7 career games in the available record. His career also includes 14 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Caulton Ray's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan State

    2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan State17040.116.1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Montana State

Week 1 · W 44-3

Win with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

71

Scrimmage Yards

73.6 takeover

71 scrimmage yards and 20.7 usage.

#2

@ Purdue

Week 2

83

Scrimmage Yards

68.7 takeover

Game driven by a workhorse rushing load.

83 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#3

vs Central Michigan

Week 2 · L 27-29

51

Scrimmage Yards

68.1 takeover

Loss with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

51 scrimmage yards and 34.8 usage.

#4

@ Iowa State

Week 3

10

Scrimmage Yards

57.7 takeover

Game with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

10 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#5

@ Notre Dame

Week 3 · L 30-33

37

Scrimmage Yards

53.6 takeover

Loss with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

37 scrimmage yards and 7.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · Michigan State

170 primary output · 40.1 efficiency · 16.1 usage

61.8

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games