Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Texas Tech
Da'Leon Ward
RB • 5'10" • 180 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Da'Leon Ward leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
12
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Player Story
Da'Leon Ward built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Da'Leon Ward's career was his backfield work: 769...
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- Committed To
- Texas Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Da'Leon Ward, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Da'Leon Ward leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,096
- Rushing yards
- 769
- Receiving yards
- 327
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Da'Leon Ward quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,096
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Skyline · Texas Tech
- High school pipeline
- Skyline · 60 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Sophomore
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 537 scrimmage yards · RB 196th (top 29%) · Big 12 40th (top 21%) · National 446th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 7 | 559 | 428 | 131 | 3 | 71.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 10 | 537 | 341 | 196 | 4 | 63.7 |
Related Context
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Da'Leon Ward played RB for Texas Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, Da'Leon Ward recorded 769 rushing yards, 327 receiving yards, and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Texas Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Texas Tech paired 559 primary output with 46.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with — 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: Kansas
Win with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
1
Scrimmage Yards / G
0
Efficiency
—
Usage
0
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas
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Volume vs Efficiency
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kansas
Best efficiency game
— vs Kansas
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/7 | @ Kansas | W 65-19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Da'Leon Ward story
Da'Leon Ward built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a running back from Dallas, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Da'Leon Ward's career was his backfield work: 769 rushing yards, 182 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 327 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Texas Tech. 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 327 receiving yards and 6 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Da'Leon Ward 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Texas Tech
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 559 | 46.2 | 27.1 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | 0 | -559 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 537 | 46.5 | 17.9 | 537 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oklahoma
Week 10 · L 46-51 · Conference game
Loss with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
127
Scrimmage Yards
82.4 takeover
127 scrimmage yards and 22.8 usage.
#2
@ TCU
Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game
147
Scrimmage Yards
82.1 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
147 scrimmage yards and 42.5 usage.
#3
vs Baylor
Week 13 · W 54-35 · Conference game
120
Scrimmage Yards
76.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
120 scrimmage yards and 37.1 usage.
#4
vs Texas
Week 10 · L 37-45 · Conference game
125
Scrimmage Yards
76 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
125 scrimmage yards and 33.8 usage.
#5
@ UTEP
Week 1
57
Scrimmage Yards
69.3 takeover
Game with 57 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
57 scrimmage yards and — usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech
559 primary output · 46.2 efficiency · 27.1 usage
71.9
#2
2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech
63.7
537 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 17.9 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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