Usage / Role
18%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021UTSA
B.J. Daniels
RB • 6'2" • 205 lbs • Melbourne, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
B.J. Daniels leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UTSA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UTSA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
B.J. Daniels built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Melbourne, FL wearing No. 33, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of B.J. Daniels' career was his backfield work: 766 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Colorado State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
B.J. Daniels, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UTSA. B.J. Daniels leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 808
- Rushing yards
- 766
- Receiving yards
- 42
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
B.J. Daniels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTSA · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 808
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · UTSA
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Newbury Park · Colorado State
- High school pipeline
- Newbury Park · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 213 scrimmage yards · RB 353rd (top 52%) · Conference USA 102nd (top 38%) · National 973rd (top 39%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UTSA | 5 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTSA | 12 | 349 | 322 | 27 | 3 | 54.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTSA | 8 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 19.9 |
| 2020 Postseason | UTSA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTSA | 10 | 130 | 130 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 2021 Postseason | UTSA | 9 | 56 | 38 | 18 | 0 | 44.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UTSA | 9 | 157 | 161 | -4 | 1 | 44.3 |
Related Context
Keep exploring B.J. Daniels
B.J. Daniels played RB for UTSA. Across 5 tracked seasons, B.J. Daniels recorded 766 rushing yards, 42 receiving yards, and 10 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UTSA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
UTSA paired 349 primary output with 37.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 50.2 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: San Diego State
Loss with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · UTSA
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
23.7
Efficiency
50.2
Usage
7.9
Consistency
43.2
Best Game by takeover score
San Diego State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 56. Lamar: 12. Middle Tennessee: -2. UNLV: 0. Western Kentucky: 18. Rice: 54. Louisiana Tech: 39. UTEP: 34. North Texas: 2
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. San Diego State: 4 by 100. Lamar: 6 by 28.3. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 0. Western Kentucky: 2 by 87.5. Rice: 7 by 80.4. Louisiana Tech: 8 by 50.8. UTEP: 8 by 44.3. North Texas: 2 by 10.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins22.1 · Games = 7 · -6.9 vs Losses
Losses29 · Games = 2 · +6.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
San Diego State
Best efficiency game
100 vs San Diego State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/22 | @ San Diego State | L 24-38 | 3 | 38 | 12.70 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 |
| Sat 11/27 | @ North Texas | L 23-45 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sun 11/7 | @ UTEP | W 44-23 | 8 | 34 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 45-16 | 8 | 39 | 4.90 | 0 | — | — | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Rice | W 45-0 | 7 | 54 | 7.70 | 1 | — | — | 7.7 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Western Kentucky | W 52-46 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs UNLV | W 24-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 27-13 | 2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Lamar | W 54-0 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
Player Story
B.J. Daniels story
B.J. Daniels built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Melbourne, FL wearing No. 33, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of B.J. Daniels' career was his backfield work: 766 rushing yards, 171 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 42 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His career also includes 42 receiving yards, 10 tackles, and 215 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives B.J. Daniels' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UTSA
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UTSA | 56 | 40.4 | 4.4 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTSA | 349 | 37.4 | 15.7 | 293 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTSA | 60 | 47.8 | 2.2 | -289 |
| 2020 Postseason | UTSA | 130 | 41.1 | 4 | 70 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTSA | 130 | 41.1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | UTSA | 213 | 50.2 | 7.9 | 83 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UTSA | 213 | 50.2 | 7.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Baylor
Week 2 · L 20-37
Loss with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
86.5 takeover
99 scrimmage yards and 38.6 usage.
#2
vs UTEP
Week 11 · W 52-21 · Conference game
81
Scrimmage Yards
75.4 takeover
Win with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
81 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.
#3
@ San Diego State
Week 1 · L 24-38 · Postseason
56
Scrimmage Yards
75 takeover
Loss with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
56 scrimmage yards and 8.7 usage.
#4
vs Rice
Week 7 · W 45-0 · Conference game
54
Scrimmage Yards
71.8 takeover
Win with 54 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
54 scrimmage yards and 13.5 usage.
#5
vs Southern
Week 3 · W 51-17
49
Scrimmage Yards
66.2 takeover
Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
49 scrimmage yards and 19 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · UTSA
349 primary output · 37.4 efficiency · 15.7 usage
54.8
#2
2021 Postseason · UTSA
44.3
213 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 7.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · UTSA
44.3
213 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 7.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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