Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018New Mexico State
Royce Caldwell
RB • 5'8" • 170 lbs • Columbus, TX, USA
Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency
Royce Caldwell leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 67 efficiency.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alcorn State
Player Story
Royce Caldwell built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Columbus, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Royce Caldwell's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Royce Caldwell, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Royce Caldwell leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 67 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 930
- Rushing yards
- 138
- Receiving yards
- 792
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Royce Caldwell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 930
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State
- Top game
- Alcorn State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Columbus · New Mexico State
- High school pipeline
- Columbus · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 415 scrimmage yards · RB 246th (top 36%) · FBS Independents 31st (top 26%) · National 602nd (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 8 | 263 | -9 | 272 | 1 | 48.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 6 | 252 | 35 | 217 | 1 | 50.9 |
| 2017 Postseason | New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2018 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 12 | 415 | 112 | 303 | 2 | 57.7 |
Related Context
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Royce Caldwell played RB for New Mexico State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Royce Caldwell recorded 138 rushing yards, 792 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
New Mexico State paired 415 primary output with 67 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 67 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alcorn State
Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
34.6
Efficiency
67
Usage
7.3
Consistency
43.1
Best Game by takeover score
Alcorn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 12. Wyoming: 0. Utah State: 53. New Mexico: 14. UTEP: 79. Liberty: 16. Louisiana: 21. Georgia Southern: 64. Texas State: 5. Alcorn State: 84. BYU: 41. Liberty: 26
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. Minnesota: 3 by 41.7. Utah State: 9 by 61.3. New Mexico: 5 by 32. UTEP: 4 by 100. Liberty: 3 by 59.7. Louisiana: 5 by 61.3. Georgia Southern: 4 by 100. Texas State: 1 by 41.7. Alcorn State: 7 by 100. BYU: 4 by 85.4. Liberty: 4 by 54.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins59.7 · Games = 3 · +33.4 vs Losses
Losses26.2 · Games = 9 · -33.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Alcorn State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Alcorn State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ Liberty | L 21-28 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 26 | 6.5 |
| Sun 11/18 | @ BYU | L 10-45 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 41 | 10.3 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Alcorn State | W 52-42 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 84 | 12 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Texas State | L 20-27 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Georgia Southern | L 31-48 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 64 | 16 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Louisiana | L 38-66 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 4.2 |
| Sun 10/7 | vs Liberty | W 49-41 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ UTEP | W 27-20 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 19.8 |
| Sun 9/16 | vs New Mexico | L 25-42 | 4 | 13 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.8 |
| Sun 9/9 | @ Utah State | L 13-60 | 9 | 53 | 5.90 | 0 | — | — | 5.9 |
| Thu 8/30 | @ Minnesota | L 10-48 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Sun 8/26 | vs Wyoming | L 7-29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Royce Caldwell story
Royce Caldwell built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Columbus, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Royce Caldwell's career was his receiving role: 62 catches, 792 receiving yards, 4 touchdowns, and 138 rushing yards across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 138 rushing yards, 3 tackles, and 390 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Royce Caldwell'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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New Mexico State
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 263 | 69.2 | 4.8 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 252 | 70.3 | 5.6 | -11 |
| 2017 Postseason | New Mexico State | 0 | — | 0 | -252 |
| 2018 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 415 | 67 | 7.3 | 415 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Alcorn State
Week 10 · W 52-42
Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
84
Scrimmage Yards
77.6 takeover
84 scrimmage yards and 11.5 usage.
#2
@ UTEP
Week 4 · W 27-20
79
Scrimmage Yards
73.5 takeover
Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
79 scrimmage yards and 9.3 usage.
#3
vs Idaho
Week 9 · W 55-48 · Conference game
73
Scrimmage Yards
71.1 takeover
Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 4.7 usage.
#4
@ UTEP
Week 1 · L 22-38
72
Scrimmage Yards
70.5 takeover
Loss with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
72 scrimmage yards and 12.8 usage.
#5
vs New Mexico
Week 2 · W 32-31
77
Scrimmage Yards
70.2 takeover
Win with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
77 scrimmage yards and 10.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State
415 primary output · 67 efficiency · 7.3 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
50.9
252 primary · 70.3 efficiency · 5.6 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · New Mexico State
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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