Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Michigan State paired 778 primary output with 43.2 efficiency.
Player Stats
Connor Heyward College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,536
- Rushing yards
- 825
- Receiving yards
- 711
- Touchdowns
- 11
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Michigan State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Michigan State | 9 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 10.3 |
| 2018 Postseason | Michigan State | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 61.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Michigan State | 13 | 769 | 520 | 249 | 5 | 61.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4 | 131 | 79 | 52 | 1 | 36.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7 | 271 | 200 | 71 | 2 | 43.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | Michigan State | 12 | 44 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 44 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan State | 12 | 289 | 0 | 289 | 1 | 44 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 61.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Postseason · Michigan State
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
27.8
Efficiency
61.9
Usage
5.6
Consistency
55.4
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 44. Northwestern: 28. Miami: 49. Nebraska: 39. Western Kentucky: 5. Rutgers: 17. Indiana: 7. Michigan: 10. Purdue: 52. Maryland: 2. Ohio State: 20. Penn State: 60
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. Pittsburgh: 6 by 74.3. Northwestern: 3 by 77.8. Miami: 3 by 100. Nebraska: 2 by 100. Western Kentucky: 3 by 13.9. Rutgers: 3 by 47.2. Indiana: 2 by 29.2. Michigan: 2 by 41.7. Purdue: 3 by 100. Maryland: 1 by 16.7. Ohio State: 4 by 41.7. Penn State: 4 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins26.1 · Games = 10 · -9.9 vs Losses
Losses36 · Games = 2 · +9.9 vs Wins
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