Player Dossier

2017-2022

Northwestern

Andrew Clair

RB • 5'11" • 202 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Andrew Clair leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

65

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

59

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Bowling Green • Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Player Story

Andrew Clair built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 11, spending time with Bowling Green and Northwestern. The clearest part of Andrew Clair's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8107

St. Louis University · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Andrew Clair, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green. Andrew Clair leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,780
Rushing yards
2,380
Receiving yards
400
Touchdowns
19

Quick Answers

Andrew Clair quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,780
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 52 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Top game
Toledo
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Louis University · Bowling Green
High school pipeline
St. Louis University · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior
2022 Scrimmage yards rank
119 scrimmage yards · RB 422nd (top 61%) · Big Ten 132nd (top 48%) · National 1,299th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonBowling Green11854725129671.6
2018 Regular SeasonBowling Green11804702102769.3
2019 Regular SeasonBowling Green431524471457.4
2020 Regular SeasonBowling Green429426628056.6
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1239434945148
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern101199425129.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Bowling Green to NorthwesternG5/FCS to P415.5Feb 8, 2021

Andrew Clair played RB for Bowling Green and Northwestern. Across 6 tracked seasons, Andrew Clair recorded 2,380 rushing yards, 400 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Bowling Green.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Bowling Green paired 854 primary output with 65.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 65.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Bowling Green, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Loss with 148 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

77.6

Efficiency

65.3

Usage

19.7

Consistency

64.8

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 25. South Dakota: 34. Middle Tennessee: -6. Akron: 60. Miami (OH): 121. Ohio: 148. Northern Illinois: 108. Kent State: 130. Buffalo: 104. Toledo: 79. Eastern Michigan: 51

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan State: 5 by 55.2. South Dakota: 4 by 85.4. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 0. Akron: 6 by 83.9. Miami (OH): 16 by 78.8. Ohio: 18 by 84.3. Northern Illinois: 15 by 75. Kent State: 10 by 100. Buffalo: 22 by 49.2. Toledo: 9 by 65.7. Eastern Michigan: 13 by 40.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins125.5 · Games = 2 · +58.5 vs Losses
Losses67 · Games = 9 · -58.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Ohio

Best efficiency game

100 vs Kent State

Result
Wed 11/22@ Eastern MichiganL 31-3412473.900143.9
Thu 11/16vs ToledoL 37-666284.7003518.8
Wed 11/8@ BuffaloL 28-3818854.7014194.7
Wed 11/1@ Kent State100 rush yardsW 44-16811113.90121913
Sat 10/21vs Northern Illinois100 rush yardsL 17-48151087.2007.2
Sat 10/14vs Ohio100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 30-48181488.2028.2
Sat 10/7@ Miami (OH)100 rush yardsW 37-29161217.6007.6
Sat 9/30vs AkronL 23-344276.80023310
Sat 9/23@ Middle TennesseeL 13-242-6-30-3
Sat 9/9vs South DakotaL 27-354348.5008.5
Sat 9/2@ Michigan StateL 10-354225.500135

Player Story

Andrew Clair story

Andrew Clair built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 11, spending time with Bowling Green and Northwestern. The clearest part of Andrew Clair's career was his backfield work: 2,380 rushing yards, 443 carries, 15 rushing touchdowns, and 400 receiving yards across 52 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Bowling Green. 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 400 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 344 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 52 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Bowling Green and Northwestern.

The arc is straightforward: Andrew Clair 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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  1. 1

    Bowling Green

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northwestern

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonBowling Green85465.319.7
2018 Regular SeasonBowling Green80453.324.6-50
2019 Regular SeasonBowling Green31539.627-489
2020 Regular SeasonBowling Green29451.428.7-21
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern39452.910.9100
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern11946.13.9-275

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Toledo

Week 6 · L 36-52 · Conference game

Loss with 192 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

99 takeover

192 scrimmage yards and 36.2 usage.

#2

@ Ohio

Week 13 · L 10-52 · Conference game

139

Scrimmage Yards

95.1 takeover

Loss with 139 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

139 scrimmage yards and 39 usage.

#3

vs Ohio

Week 7 · L 30-48 · Conference game

148

Scrimmage Yards

88.2 takeover

Loss with 148 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

148 scrimmage yards and 28.1 usage.

#4

@ Miami (OH)

Week 6 · W 37-29 · Conference game

121

Scrimmage Yards

82.3 takeover

Win with 121 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

121 scrimmage yards and 30.2 usage.

#5

@ Kent State

Week 10 · W 44-16 · Conference game

130

Scrimmage Yards

78.5 takeover

Win with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

130 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Bowling Green

854 primary output · 65.3 efficiency · 19.7 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Bowling Green

69.3

804 primary · 53.3 efficiency · 24.6 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Bowling Green

57.4

315 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 27 usage

Milestones

8

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games