Player Dossier

2015-2019

TCU

Darius Anderson

RB • 5'11" • 212 lbs • Fresno, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Darius Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

45%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

59

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · TCU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
East Carolina • TCU • New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Player Story

Darius Anderson built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a running back from Fresno, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with East Carolina, New Mexico State, and TCU. The clearest part of Darius Anderson's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8911

George Ranch · Rosenberg, TX

Committed To
TCU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Darius Anderson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · TCU. Darius Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,642
Rushing yards
2,418
Receiving yards
224
Touchdowns
18

Quick Answers

Darius Anderson quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,642
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · TCU
Top game
SMU
Recruit profile
4-star · George Ranch · TCU
High school pipeline
George Ranch · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2019 Scrimmage yards rank
951 scrimmage yards · RB 78th (top 12%) · Big 12 10th (top 5%) · National 133rd (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonEast Carolina00000-
2016 PostseasonTCU1115123031.6
2016 Regular SeasonTCU1123421717131.6
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State11000031.6
2017 Regular SeasonTCU1082576857868.7
2018 Regular SeasonTCU1161759819356
2019 Regular SeasonTCU12951823128666

Related Context

Darius Anderson played RB for East Carolina, TCU, and New Mexico State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darius Anderson recorded 2,418 rushing yards, 224 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with TCU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

TCU paired 825 primary output with 58.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 58.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across East Carolina, TCU, New Mexico State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · TCU

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

82.5

Efficiency

58.9

Usage

22.2

Consistency

65.8

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jackson State: 73. Arkansas: 106. SMU: 89. Oklahoma State: 201. West Virginia: 43. Kansas State: 5. Kansas: 64. Iowa State: 95. Texas: 107. Oklahoma: 42

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jackson State: 14 by 53.9. Arkansas: 15 by 73.6. SMU: 14 by 66.2. Oklahoma State: 30 by 66.4. West Virginia: 9 by 49.8. Kansas State: 2 by 26. Kansas: 14 by 51.3. Iowa State: 12 by 82.5. Texas: 20 by 56.7. Oklahoma: 7 by 62.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins86 · Games = 8 · +17.5 vs Losses
Losses68.5 · Games = 2 · -17.5 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

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

82.5 vs Iowa State

Result
Sun 11/12@ OklahomaL 20-38742616
Sat 11/4vs TexasW 24-718995.501285.3
Sat 10/28@ Iowa StateL 7-1412957.9007.9
Sun 10/22vs KansasW 43-012625.200224.6
Sat 10/14@ Kansas StateW 26-6252.5002.5
Sat 10/7vs West VirginiaW 31-249434.8004.8
Sat 9/23@ Oklahoma State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 44-31261606.2034416.7
Sat 9/16vs SMU2+ TDW 56-3614896.4026.4
Sat 9/9@ Arkansas100 rush yardsW 28-7151067.1017.1
Sun 9/3vs Jackson StateW 63-013675.200165.2

Player Story

Darius Anderson story

Darius Anderson built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a running back from Fresno, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with East Carolina, New Mexico State, and TCU. The clearest part of Darius Anderson's career was his backfield work: 2,418 rushing yards, 430 carries, 18 rushing touchdowns, and 224 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His career also includes 224 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 309 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Darius Anderson'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.

  1. 1

    East Carolina

    2015

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    TCU

    2016-2019

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    New Mexico State

    2016

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620162016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonEast Carolina0
2016 PostseasonTCU24954.34.7249
2016 Regular SeasonTCU24954.34.70
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State24954.34.70
2017 Regular SeasonTCU82558.922.2576
2018 Regular SeasonTCU61747.221.8-208
2019 Regular SeasonTCU95149.923.8334

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs SMU

Week 4 · L 38-41

Loss with 193 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

96.1 takeover

193 scrimmage yards and 36.2 usage.

#2

@ Purdue

Week 3 · W 34-13

192

Scrimmage Yards

90.6 takeover

Win with 192 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

192 scrimmage yards and 27.3 usage.

#3

@ Oklahoma State

Week 4 · W 44-31 · Conference game

201

Scrimmage Yards

88.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

201 scrimmage yards and 40.5 usage.

#4

vs Ohio State

Week 3 · L 28-40

166

Scrimmage Yards

88.4 takeover

Loss with 166 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

166 scrimmage yards and 23 usage.

#5

@ Texas

Week 13 · W 31-9 · Conference game

103

Scrimmage Yards

71.2 takeover

Win with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

103 scrimmage yards and 4.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · TCU

825 primary output · 58.9 efficiency · 22.2 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · TCU

66

951 primary · 49.9 efficiency · 23.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · TCU

56

617 primary · 47.2 efficiency · 21.8 usage

Milestones

7

100+ rush yards

4

150+ scrimmage yards

5

2+ TD games