Player Dossier

2008-2009

West Virginia

Mark Rodgers

RB • 5'8" • Lawndale, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Mark Rodgers leans balanced backfield option traits and 21.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

8

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

1

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
West Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Mark Rodgers built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a running back from Lawndale, CA wearing No. 23, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Mark Rodgers' career was his return-game role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.7667

Leuzinger · Lawndale, CA

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Mark Rodgers, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · West Virginia. Mark Rodgers leans balanced backfield option traits and 21.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
90
Rushing yards
89
Receiving yards
1

Quick Answers

Mark Rodgers quick answers

Latest team and position
West Virginia · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
90
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 19 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · West Virginia
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
2-star · Leuzinger · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Leuzinger · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
13 scrimmage yards · RB 412th (top 92%) · Big East 119th (top 90%) · National 1,836th (top 88%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonWest Virginia67780-3052.1
2009 PostseasonWest Virginia13000014.2
2009 Regular SeasonWest Virginia131394014.2

Related Context

Mark Rodgers played RB for West Virginia. Across 2 tracked seasons, Mark Rodgers recorded 89 rushing yards and 1 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2008 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

West Virginia paired 77 primary output with 43.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 43.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Win with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · West Virginia

Games

6

Scrimmage Yards / G

12.8

Efficiency

43.6

Usage

4.9

Consistency

50.8

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Villanova: -1. East Carolina: 0. Marshall: 42. Auburn: 14. UConn: 11. Pittsburgh: 11

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. Villanova: 2 by 12.5. East Carolina: 1 by 0. Marshall: 6 by 72.9. Auburn: 1 by 100. UConn: 3 by 38.2. Pittsburgh: 3 by 38.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins16.5 · Games = 4 · +11 vs Losses
Losses5.5 · Games = 2 · -11 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

Marshall

Best efficiency game

100 vs Auburn

Result
Fri 11/28@ PittsburghL 15-193113.7003.7
Sat 11/1@ UConnW 35-133113.7003.7
Thu 10/23vs AuburnW 34-1711414014
Sat 9/27vs MarshallW 27-3642707
Sat 9/6@ East CarolinaL 3-2410000
Sat 8/30vs VillanovaW 48-2112201-3-0.5

Player Story

Mark Rodgers story

Mark Rodgers built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a running back from Lawndale, CA wearing No. 23, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Mark Rodgers' career was his return-game role: 619 return yards across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with West Virginia. 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 89 rushing yards and 1 receiving yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across West Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Mark Rodgers 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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    West Virginia

    2008-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820092009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonWest Virginia7743.64.9
2009 PostseasonWest Virginia1321.11.2-64
2009 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1321.11.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Marshall

Week 5 · W 27-3

Win with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

66.7 takeover

42 scrimmage yards and 9.5 usage.

#2

vs Colorado

Week 5 · W 35-24

4

Scrimmage Yards

49 takeover

Win with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

4 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.

#3

vs Auburn

Week 9 · W 34-17

14

Scrimmage Yards

46.4 takeover

Win with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

14 scrimmage yards and 2.1 usage.

#4

@ Cincinnati

Week 11 · L 21-24 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

46 takeover

Loss with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

4 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.

#5

@ Pittsburgh

Week 14 · L 15-19 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

27.7 takeover

Loss with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

11 scrimmage yards and 6.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · West Virginia

77 primary output · 43.6 efficiency · 4.9 usage

52.1

#2

2009 Postseason · West Virginia

14.2

13 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · West Virginia

14.2

13 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games