Player Dossier

2017-2020

Arizona

Nathan Tilford

RB • 6'2" • 196 lbs • Fontana, CA, USA

Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency

Nathan Tilford leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 67.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC

Player Story

Nathan Tilford built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Fontana, CA wearing No. 33, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Nathan Tilford's career was his backfield work: 363...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9176

Colony · Ontario, CA

Committed To
Arizona
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Nathan Tilford, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Arizona. Nathan Tilford leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 67.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
367
Rushing yards
363
Receiving yards
4
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Nathan Tilford quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
367
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Arizona
Top game
USC
Recruit profile
4-star · Colony · Arizona
High school pipeline
Colony · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 33 · Junior
2020 Scrimmage yards rank
13 scrimmage yards · RB 544th (top 92%) · Pac-12 156th (top 85%) · National 1,941st (top 87%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonArizona41211210243
2018 Regular SeasonArizona1110028.9
2019 Regular SeasonArizona82322284460
2020 Regular SeasonArizona113130045.6

Related Context

Nathan Tilford played RB for Arizona. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nathan Tilford recorded 363 rushing yards, 4 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Arizona paired 232 primary output with 56.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 67.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Loss with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

1

Scrimmage Yards / G

13

Efficiency

67.7

Usage

3.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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All Games13 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arizona State

Best efficiency game

67.7 vs Arizona State

Result
Sat 12/12vs Arizona StateL 7-702136.5006.5

Player Story

Nathan Tilford story

Nathan Tilford built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Fontana, CA wearing No. 33, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Nathan Tilford's career was his backfield work: 363 rushing yards, 53 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 4 receiving yards across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 7 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Nathan Tilford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Arizona

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonArizona12166.84.6
2018 Regular SeasonArizona110.41.6-120
2019 Regular SeasonArizona23256.78.6231
2020 Regular SeasonArizona1367.73.2-219

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ USC

Week 8 · L 14-41 · Conference game

Loss with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

65

Scrimmage Yards

74 takeover

65 scrimmage yards and 13.3 usage.

#2

vs Northern Arizona

Week 1 · W 62-24

79

Scrimmage Yards

73.7 takeover

Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

79 scrimmage yards and 7.4 usage.

#3

vs Washington

Week 7 · L 27-51 · Conference game

49

Scrimmage Yards

63.5 takeover

Loss with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

49 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.

#4

vs Arizona State

Week 15 · L 7-70 · Conference game

13

Scrimmage Yards

58.9 takeover

Loss with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

13 scrimmage yards and 3.2 usage.

#5

vs UCLA

Week 5 · W 20-17 · Conference game

33

Scrimmage Yards

53.7 takeover

Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

33 scrimmage yards and 5.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Arizona

232 primary output · 56.7 efficiency · 8.6 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Arizona

45.6

13 primary · 67.7 efficiency · 3.2 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Arizona

43

121 primary · 66.8 efficiency · 4.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games