Usage / Role
23%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2009Michigan State
Glenn Winston
RB • 6'2" • Detroit, MI, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Glenn Winston leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
43
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
- 2
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Glenn Winston built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a running back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 41, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Glenn Winston's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Glenn Winston, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Michigan State. Glenn Winston leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 210
- Rushing yards
- 204
- Receiving yards
- 6
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Glenn Winston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 210
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Denby · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Denby · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 210 scrimmage yards · RB 237th (top 53%) · Big Ten 88th (top 47%) · National 852nd (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Michigan State | 6 | 210 | 204 | 6 | 2 | 62.6 |
Related Context
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Glenn Winston played RB for Michigan State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Glenn Winston recorded 204 rushing yards, 6 receiving yards, and 2 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 210 primary output with 37.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 37.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Win with 64 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
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
35
Efficiency
37.7
Usage
17.8
Consistency
61.9
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Montana State: 24. Central Michigan: 3. Notre Dame: 14. Wisconsin: 52. Michigan: 53. Illinois: 64
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. Montana State: 4 by 62.5. Central Michigan: 3 by 10.4. Notre Dame: 6 by 24.3. Wisconsin: 9 by 60.2. Michigan: 25 by 21.1. Illinois: 14 by 47.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins47 · Games = 3 · +24 vs Losses
Losses23 · Games = 3 · -24 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Montana State
Player Story
Glenn Winston story
Glenn Winston built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a running back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 41, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Glenn Winston's career was his backfield work: 204 rushing yards, 63 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 6 receiving yards across 8 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Michigan State. 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 6 receiving yards and 503 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 8 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan State.
The arc is straightforward: Glenn Winston 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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Michigan State
2008-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Michigan State | 210 | 37.7 | 17.8 | 210 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Illinois
Week 6 · W 24-14 · Conference game
Win with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
64
Scrimmage Yards
73 takeover
64 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
#2
vs Michigan
Week 5 · W 26-20 · Conference game
53
Scrimmage Yards
68 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
53 scrimmage yards and 36.8 usage.
#3
@ Wisconsin
Week 4 · L 30-38 · Conference game
52
Scrimmage Yards
65.8 takeover
Loss with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
52 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#4
vs Montana State
Week 1 · W 44-3
24
Scrimmage Yards
39.9 takeover
Win with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
24 scrimmage yards and 6.9 usage.
#5
@ Penn State
Week 13 · L 18-49 · Conference game
1
Scrimmage Yards
38.5 takeover
Loss with 1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
1 scrimmage yards and 3.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Michigan State
210 primary output · 37.7 efficiency · 17.8 usage
62.6
#2
2008 Regular Season · Michigan State
20.1
0 primary · 2.6 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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