Player Dossier

2018-2023

Purdue

Tyrone Tracy Jr.

RB • 6'1" • 210 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Tyrone Tracy Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 56 efficiency.

Usage / Role

44%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

72

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

61

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Iowa • Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Player Story

Tyrone Tracy Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 3, spending time with Iowa and Purdue. The clearest part of Tyrone Tracy Jr.'s career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.868

Decatur Central · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Iowa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 31
Overall
No. 166
NFL Team
New York Giants

Tyrone Tracy Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Purdue. Tyrone Tracy Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 56 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,110
Rushing yards
942
Receiving yards
1,168
Touchdowns
17

Quick Answers

Tyrone Tracy Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Purdue · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,110
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 55 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Purdue
Top game
Northwestern
Recruit profile
3-star · Decatur Central · Iowa
High school pipeline
Decatur Central · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 5 · Pick 31 · New York Giants
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2023 Scrimmage yards rank
848 scrimmage yards · RB 95th (top 14%) · Big Ten 14th (top 6%) · National 165th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonIowa221-122026.8
2019 PostseasonIowa1223230157.1
2019 Regular SeasonIowa1260516589357.1
2020 Regular SeasonIowa717622154146.1
2021 Regular SeasonIowa1013933106230.9
2022 PostseasonPurdue13382513038.5
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue13260108152038.5
2023 Regular SeasonPurdue118487161321067.1

Related Context

Tyrone Tracy Jr. played RB for Iowa and Purdue. Across 6 tracked seasons, Tyrone Tracy Jr. recorded 942 rushing yards, 1,168 receiving yards, and 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Purdue.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Purdue paired 848 primary output with 56 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 56 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa, Purdue.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Loss with 198 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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2023 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

77.1

Efficiency

56

Usage

20.7

Consistency

53.2

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: -1. Virginia Tech: 65. Syracuse: 43. Wisconsin: 92. Illinois: 116. Iowa: 8. Nebraska: 28. Michigan: 74. Minnesota: 174. Northwestern: 198. Indiana: 51

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. Fresno State: 4 by 6.3. Virginia Tech: 7 by 88.7. Syracuse: 11 by 40. Wisconsin: 10 by 88.3. Illinois: 22 by 55.3. Iowa: 5 by 19.2. Nebraska: 12 by 27.8. Michigan: 13 by 58.4. Minnesota: 16 by 95.3. Northwestern: 20 by 91.3. Indiana: 12 by 45

Split Comparison

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

Wins101.5 · Games = 4 · +38.4 vs Losses
Losses63.1 · Games = 7 · -38.4 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

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

95.3 vs Minnesota

Result
Sat 11/25vs IndianaW 35-3111484.400134.3
Sat 11/18@ Northwestern100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 15-23161601014389.9
Sat 11/11vs Minnesota100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 49-30151228.10215210.9
Sat 11/4@ MichiganL 13-4111615.5002135.7
Sat 10/28@ NebraskaL 14-3110292.9002-12.3
Sat 10/7@ IowaL 14-204820101.6
Sat 9/30vs Illinois100 rush yardsW 44-19211125.301145.3
Fri 9/22vs WisconsinL 17-3888410.501289.2
Sat 9/16vs SyracuseL 20-3510383.801153.9
Sat 9/9@ Virginia TechW 24-1745112.8013149.3
Sat 9/2vs Fresno StateL 35-3933111-4-0.3

Player Story

Tyrone Tracy Jr. story

Tyrone Tracy Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 3, spending time with Iowa and Purdue. The clearest part of Tyrone Tracy Jr.'s career was his receiving role: 107 catches, 1,168 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns, and 942 rushing yards across 55 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Purdue. 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 942 rushing yards, 7 tackles, and 442 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 55 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa and Purdue.

The arc is straightforward: Tyrone Tracy Jr. 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

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

  1. 1

    Iowa

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Purdue

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonIowa21501.7
2019 PostseasonIowa62880.77607
2019 Regular SeasonIowa62880.770
2020 Regular SeasonIowa17678.14.2-452
2021 Regular SeasonIowa13951.94.2-37
2022 PostseasonPurdue29858.55.1159
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue29858.55.10
2023 Regular SeasonPurdue8485620.7550

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northwestern

Week 12 · L 15-23 · Conference game

Loss with 198 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

90.6 takeover

198 scrimmage yards and 28.2 usage.

#2

vs Minnesota

Week 11 · W 49-30 · Conference game

174

Scrimmage Yards

86 takeover

Win with 174 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

174 scrimmage yards and 26.2 usage.

#3

@ Wisconsin

Week 11 · L 22-24 · Conference game

130

Scrimmage Yards

78.6 takeover

Loss with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

130 scrimmage yards and 12.5 usage.

#4

vs Indiana State

Week 2 · W 56-0

71

Scrimmage Yards

73.6 takeover

Win with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

71 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.

#5

@ Minnesota

Week 11 · W 35-7 · Conference game

36

Scrimmage Yards

71.4 takeover

Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

36 scrimmage yards and 6.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Purdue

848 primary output · 56 efficiency · 20.7 usage

67.1

#2

2019 Postseason · Iowa

57.1

628 primary · 80.7 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Iowa

57.1

628 primary · 80.7 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

3

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games