Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011Western Michigan
Aaron Winchester
RB • 5'6" • North Miami Beach, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Aaron Winchester leans balanced backfield option traits and 10.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Aaron Winchester built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from North Miami Beach, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Aaron Winchester's career was...
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Aaron Winchester, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Aaron Winchester leans balanced backfield option traits and 10.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 862
- Rushing yards
- 692
- Receiving yards
- 170
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Aaron Winchester quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 862
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · North Miami Beach Senior · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- North Miami Beach Senior · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Class 2011
- 2011 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1 scrimmage yards · RB 462nd (top 100%) · Mid-American 227th (top 99%) · National 2,113th (top 99%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | Western Michigan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 10 | 363 | 267 | 96 | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 11 | 175 | 148 | 27 | 1 | 34.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 10 | 318 | 271 | 47 | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 |
Related Context
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Aaron Winchester played RB for Western Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aaron Winchester recorded 692 rushing yards, 170 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Western Michigan paired 318 primary output with 35.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 35.1 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: Idaho
Loss with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
31.8
Efficiency
35.1
Usage
18.2
Consistency
71.6
Best Game by takeover score
Idaho
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 41. Nicholls: 40. Toledo: 15. Idaho: 60. Ball State: 22. Notre Dame: 34. Akron: 38. Northern Illinois: 24. Central Michigan: 37. Bowling Green: 7
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. Michigan State: 20 by 21. Nicholls: 12 by 34.7. Toledo: 8 by 23. Idaho: 13 by 43.7. Ball State: 9 by 20.9. Notre Dame: 10 by 27.4. Akron: 8 by 49.5. Northern Illinois: 9 by 27.8. Central Michigan: 14 by 29.8. Bowling Green: 1 by 72.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins26.8 · Games = 4 · -8.4 vs Losses
Losses35.2 · Games = 6 · +8.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Idaho
Best efficiency game
72.9 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/26 | @ Bowling Green | W 41-7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 |
| Fri 11/5 | @ Central Michigan | L 22-26 | 13 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2.6 |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Northern Illinois | L 21-28 | 9 | 24 | 2.70 | 0 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Akron | W 56-10 | 8 | 38 | 4.80 | 0 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Notre Dame | L 20-44 | 8 | 17 | 2.10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Ball State | W 45-16 | 7 | 12 | 1.70 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2.4 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Idaho | L 13-33 | 12 | 47 | 3.90 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4.6 |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Toledo | L 24-37 | 7 | 17 | 2.40 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1.9 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Nicholls | W 49-14 | 12 | 40 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Michigan State | L 14-38 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2.0 |
Player Story
Aaron Winchester story
Aaron Winchester built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from North Miami Beach, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Aaron Winchester's career was his backfield work: 692 rushing yards, 208 carries, 1 rushing touchdown, and 170 receiving yards across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 170 receiving yards and 308 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Aaron Winchester's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Western Michigan
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082008200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | Western Michigan | 368 | 37.4 | 14.9 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 368 | 37.4 | 14.9 | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 175 | 32.4 | 8.8 | -193 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 318 | 35.1 | 18.2 | 143 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 1 | 10.4 | 0.3 | -317 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Toledo
Week 12 · W 27-17 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
133
Scrimmage Yards
80.5 takeover
133 scrimmage yards and 61.1 usage.
#2
vs Idaho
Week 5 · L 13-33
60
Scrimmage Yards
76 takeover
Loss with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
60 scrimmage yards and 29.5 usage.
#3
@ Ball State
Week 14 · L 22-45 · Conference game
79
Scrimmage Yards
70.3 takeover
Loss with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
79 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#4
@ Toledo
Week 6 · W 58-26 · Conference game
37
Scrimmage Yards
63 takeover
Win with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
37 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#5
@ Indiana
Week 2 · L 19-23
41
Scrimmage Yards
61.8 takeover
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 18.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Western Michigan
318 primary output · 35.1 efficiency · 18.2 usage
61.2
#2
2008 Postseason · Western Michigan
51.6
368 primary · 37.4 efficiency · 14.9 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Western Michigan
51.6
368 primary · 37.4 efficiency · 14.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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