Usage / Role
30%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017New Mexico
Daryl Chestnut
RB • 5'8" • 182 lbs • Coconut Grove, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Daryl Chestnut leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · New Mexico
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Daryl Chestnut built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a running back from Coconut Grove, FL wearing No. 20, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Daryl Chestnut's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Indiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Daryl Chestnut, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · New Mexico. Daryl Chestnut leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 927
- Rushing yards
- 843
- Receiving yards
- 84
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Daryl Chestnut quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 927
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · New Mexico
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Columbus · Indiana
- High school pipeline
- Columbus · 54 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 497 scrimmage yards · RB 200th (top 34%) · Mountain West 42nd (top 19%) · National 485th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | New Mexico | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22.6 |
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico | 10 | 154 | 122 | 32 | 2 | 22.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico | 12 | 269 | 255 | 14 | 2 | 40.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | New Mexico | 11 | 497 | 459 | 38 | 4 | 60 |
Related Context
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Daryl Chestnut played RB for New Mexico. Across 3 tracked seasons, Daryl Chestnut recorded 843 rushing yards, 84 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with New Mexico.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
New Mexico paired 497 primary output with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Loss with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · New Mexico
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
45.2
Efficiency
53.6
Usage
13.4
Consistency
48.1
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Abilene Christian: 70. New Mexico State: 62. Boise State: 28. Tulsa: 29. Fresno State: 36. Colorado State: 27. Wyoming: 0. Utah State: 42. Texas A&M: 41. UNLV: 145. San Diego State: 17
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Abilene Christian: 5 by 100. New Mexico State: 10 by 56.4. Boise State: 5 by 58.3. Tulsa: 5 by 60.1. Fresno State: 6 by 61.3. Colorado State: 6 by 46.9. Wyoming: 1 by 0. Utah State: 9 by 48.6. Texas A&M: 8 by 53.4. UNLV: 17 by 85.5. San Diego State: 10 by 19.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins49.5 · Games = 2 · +5.3 vs Losses
Losses44.2 · Games = 9 · -5.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UNLV
Best efficiency game
100 vs Abilene Christian
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | @ San Diego State | L 10-35 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.7 |
| Sat 11/18 | vs UNLV100 rush yards | L 35-38 | 17 | 145 | 8.50 | 1 | — | — | 8.5 |
| Sun 11/12 | @ Texas A&M | L 14-55 | 8 | 41 | 5.10 | 1 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Utah State | L 10-24 | 9 | 42 | 4.70 | 0 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Wyoming | L 3-42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Colorado State | L 24-27 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Sun 10/15 | @ Fresno State | L 0-38 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Tulsa | W 16-13 | 4 | 23 | 5.80 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5.8 |
| Fri 9/15 | @ Boise State | L 14-28 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | — | — | 5.6 |
| Sun 9/10 | vs New Mexico State | L 28-30 | 9 | 44 | 4.90 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6.2 |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Abilene Christian2+ TD | W 38-14 | 4 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
Player Story
Daryl Chestnut story
Daryl Chestnut built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a running back from Coconut Grove, FL wearing No. 20, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Daryl Chestnut's career was his backfield work: 843 rushing yards, 149 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 84 receiving yards across 33 career games in the available record. His career also includes 84 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 313 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Daryl Chestnut's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
New Mexico
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | New Mexico | 161 | 37.4 | 3.1 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico | 161 | 37.4 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico | 269 | 43.4 | 7.8 | 108 |
| 2017 Regular Season | New Mexico | 497 | 53.6 | 13.4 | 228 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 12 · L 35-38 · Conference game
Loss with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
145
Scrimmage Yards
90.8 takeover
145 scrimmage yards and 30.4 usage.
#2
vs Mississippi Valley State
Week 1 · W 66-0
108
Scrimmage Yards
75.9 takeover
Win with 108 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
108 scrimmage yards and 9.7 usage.
#3
vs San José State
Week 5 · W 48-41 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
68.3 takeover
Win with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
50 scrimmage yards and 8.8 usage.
#4
vs UL Monroe
Week 8 · W 59-17
48
Scrimmage Yards
65 takeover
Win with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 17.2 usage.
#5
vs Abilene Christian
Week 1 · W 38-14
70
Scrimmage Yards
58.6 takeover
Win with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
70 scrimmage yards and 9.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · New Mexico
497 primary output · 53.6 efficiency · 13.4 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · New Mexico
40.4
269 primary · 43.4 efficiency · 7.8 usage
#3
2015 Postseason · New Mexico
22.6
161 primary · 37.4 efficiency · 3.1 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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