Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Houston
Dillon Birden
RB • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Dillon Birden leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Player Story
Dillon Birden built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Dillon Birden's career was his backfield work: 622...
Read the storyDillon Birden, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Houston. Dillon Birden leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 741
- Rushing yards
- 622
- Receiving yards
- 119
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Dillon Birden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 741
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- Memphis
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 398 scrimmage yards · RB 234th (top 39%) · American Athletic 62nd (top 28%) · National 614th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Houston | 11 | 343 | 289 | 54 | 7 | 46.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 6 | 398 | 333 | 65 | 4 | 66.4 |
Related Context
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Dillon Birden played RB for Houston. Across 2 tracked seasons, Dillon Birden recorded 622 rushing yards, 119 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Houston paired 398 primary output with 55.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 55.5 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: Memphis
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Houston
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
66.3
Efficiency
55.5
Usage
16.4
Consistency
63.2
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 105. Rice: 12. Texas Tech: 29. Temple: 44. Tulsa: 89. Memphis: 119
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 17 by 62.8. Rice: 4 by 31.3. Texas Tech: 5 by 49.2. Temple: 8 by 58.3. Tulsa: 12 by 77.5. Memphis: 22 by 54.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins53.7 · Games = 3 · -25.3 vs Losses
Losses79 · Games = 3 · +25.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
77.5 vs Tulsa
Player Story
Dillon Birden story
Dillon Birden built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Dillon Birden's career was his backfield work: 622 rushing yards, 122 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 119 receiving yards across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Houston. 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 119 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 20 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Houston.
The arc is straightforward: Dillon Birden 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
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Houston
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Houston | 343 | 45 | 8.9 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 398 | 55.5 | 16.4 | 55 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Memphis
Week 8 · L 38-42 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
119
Scrimmage Yards
76.6 takeover
119 scrimmage yards and 26.5 usage.
#2
@ Arizona
Week 2 · W 19-16
105
Scrimmage Yards
76.4 takeover
Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
105 scrimmage yards and 27.4 usage.
#3
vs Tulsa
Week 7 · W 38-31 · Conference game
103
Scrimmage Yards
73.3 takeover
Win with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
103 scrimmage yards and 19.8 usage.
#4
@ Tulsa
Week 7 · L 17-45 · Conference game
89
Scrimmage Yards
66.7 takeover
Loss with 89 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
89 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
#5
vs UCF
Week 9 · W 31-24 · Conference game
74
Scrimmage Yards
62.1 takeover
Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
74 scrimmage yards and 16 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Houston
398 primary output · 55.5 efficiency · 16.4 usage
66.4
#2
2016 Regular Season · Houston
46.7
343 primary · 45 efficiency · 8.9 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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