Player Dossier

2017-2021

USC

Stephen Carr

RB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Gardena, CA, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Stephen Carr leans workhorse runner traits and 39.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

60%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

73

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

58

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

85

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Indiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
USC • Indiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Player Story

Stephen Carr built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Gardena, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Indiana and USC. The clearest part of Stephen Carr's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9888

Summit · Fontana, CA

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Stephen Carr, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Indiana. Stephen Carr leans workhorse runner traits and 39.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,433
Rushing yards
1,919
Receiving yards
514
Touchdowns
20

Quick Answers

Stephen Carr quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,433
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 43 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Indiana
Top game
Maryland
Recruit profile
5-star · Summit · USC
High school pipeline
Summit · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2021 Scrimmage yards rank
693 scrimmage yards · RB 142nd (top 21%) · Big Ten 24th (top 9%) · National 267th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 PostseasonUSC9-10-1056.8
2017 Regular SeasonUSC9552363189356.8
2018 Regular SeasonUSC941038426257.9
2019 PostseasonUSC1030246159.3
2019 Regular SeasonUSC10509372137559.3
2020 Regular SeasonUSC624017664240.3
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana969360093775.3
2021 Regular SeasonUSC9000075.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021USC to IndianaP4 to P478.9May 11, 2021

Stephen Carr played RB for USC and Indiana. Across 5 tracked seasons, Stephen Carr recorded 1,919 rushing yards, 514 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Indiana paired 693 primary output with 39.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 39.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Indiana.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. 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 Regular Season · Indiana

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

77

Efficiency

39.1

Usage

34.3

Consistency

64.2

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 62. Idaho: 118. Cincinnati: 66. Western Kentucky: 125. Penn State: 51. Michigan State: 96. Ohio State: 13. Maryland: 150. Michigan: 12

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. Iowa: 20 by 31.7. Idaho: 22 by 55.9. Cincinnati: 23 by 27.4. Western Kentucky: 27 by 46.5. Penn State: 16 by 34.1. Michigan State: 27 by 32.2. Ohio State: 10 by 13.5. Maryland: 22 by 68.9. Michigan: 3 by 41.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins121.5 · Games = 2 · +57.2 vs Losses
Losses64.3 · Games = 7 · -57.2 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

Maryland

Best efficiency game

68.9 vs Maryland

Result
Sat 11/6@ MichiganL 7-29312404
Sat 10/30@ Maryland100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 35-38211366.5021146.8
Sat 10/23vs Ohio StateL 7-5410131.3001.3
Sat 10/16vs Michigan StateL 15-2019532.8018433.6
Sat 10/2@ Penn StateL 0-2415503.300113.2
Sun 9/26@ Western Kentucky100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 33-31251094.4022164.6
Sat 9/18vs CincinnatiL 24-3821522.5002142.9
Sat 9/11vs Idaho100 rush yardsW 56-14221185.4015.4
Sat 9/4@ IowaL 6-34195730153.1

Player Story

Stephen Carr story

Stephen Carr built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Gardena, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Indiana and USC. The clearest part of Stephen Carr's career was his backfield work: 1,919 rushing yards, 419 carries, 18 rushing touchdowns, and 514 receiving yards across 43 career games in the available record. His career also includes 514 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 321 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Stephen Carr's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    USC

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Indiana

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172017201820192019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonUSC55151.714.7
2017 Regular SeasonUSC55151.714.70
2018 Regular SeasonUSC41049.619.3-141
2019 PostseasonUSC53953.315.9129
2019 Regular SeasonUSC53953.315.90
2020 Regular SeasonUSC24032.115.1-299
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana69339.134.3453
2021 Regular SeasonUSC69339.134.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Maryland

Week 9 · L 35-38 · Conference game

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

150

Scrimmage Yards

89.6 takeover

150 scrimmage yards and 39.3 usage.

#2

vs Stanford

Week 2 · W 42-24 · Conference game

137

Scrimmage Yards

82.4 takeover

Win with 137 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

137 scrimmage yards and 17.4 usage.

#3

vs Washington State

Week 4 · W 39-36 · Conference game

79

Scrimmage Yards

80.4 takeover

Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

79 scrimmage yards and 20.8 usage.

#4

@ California

Week 4 · W 30-20 · Conference game

129

Scrimmage Yards

80.2 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

129 scrimmage yards and 40.6 usage.

#5

vs UCLA

Week 13 · W 52-35 · Conference game

108

Scrimmage Yards

78.9 takeover

Win with 108 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

108 scrimmage yards and 17.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Indiana

693 primary output · 39.1 efficiency · 34.3 usage

75.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · USC

75.3

693 primary · 39.1 efficiency · 34.3 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · USC

59.3

539 primary · 53.3 efficiency · 15.9 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games