Usage / Role
26%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023South Carolina
Dakereon Joyner
RB • 6'1" • 229 lbs • North Charleston, SC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Dakereon Joyner leans balanced backfield option traits and 27.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
55
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Player Story
Dakereon Joyner built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from North Charleston, SC wearing No. 5, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Dakereon Joyner's career was his...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Dakereon Joyner, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · South Carolina. Dakereon Joyner leans balanced backfield option traits and 27.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,004
- Rushing yards
- 445
- Receiving yards
- 559
- Touchdowns
- 14
Quick Answers
Dakereon Joyner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,004
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · South Carolina
- Top game
- Florida
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Fort Dorchester · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Fort Dorchester · 12 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 237 scrimmage yards · RB 323rd (top 46%) · SEC 100th (top 36%) · National 952nd (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | South Carolina | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 50.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 8 | 153 | 107 | 46 | 1 | 37.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 6 | 116 | 61 | 55 | 2 | 38.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | South Carolina | 11 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 60.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Carolina | 11 | 234 | 13 | 221 | 1 | 60.8 |
| 2022 Postseason | South Carolina | 7 | 43 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 7 | 133 | 48 | 85 | 4 | 38.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 10 | 237 | 120 | 117 | 5 | 44.3 |
Related Context
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Dakereon Joyner played RB for South Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Dakereon Joyner recorded 444 passing yards, 445 rushing yards, and 559 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
South Carolina paired 298 primary output with 61.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 27.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Furman
Win with 95 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 · South Carolina
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
23.7
Efficiency
27.4
Usage
12.3
Consistency
35.1
Best Game by takeover score
Furman
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 36. Furman: 95. Georgia: 9. Mississippi State: 30. Tennessee: 5. Florida: 17. Missouri: 23. Texas A&M: 14. Jacksonville State: 3. Clemson: 5
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. North Carolina: 17 by 20.8. Furman: 15 by 50.3. Georgia: 6 by 18.8. Mississippi State: 12 by 25.4. Tennessee: 4 by 8.3. Florida: 4 by 30.2. Missouri: 4 by 30.2. Texas A&M: 5 by 27.3. Jacksonville State: 3 by 10.4. Clemson: 1 by 52.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins42.7 · Games = 3 · +27.1 vs Losses
Losses15.6 · Games = 7 · -27.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Furman
Best efficiency game
52.1 vs Clemson
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | vs Clemson | L 7-16 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Jacksonville State | W 38-28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Texas A&M | L 17-30 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2.8 |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Missouri | L 12-34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 5.8 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Florida | L 39-41 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Tennessee | L 20-41 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1.3 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Mississippi State | W 37-30 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Georgia | L 14-24 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1.5 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Furman | W 47-21 | 11 | 42 | 3.80 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 6.3 |
| Sat 9/2 | @ North Carolina | L 17-31 | 12 | 23 | 1.90 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2.1 |
Player Story
Dakereon Joyner story
Dakereon Joyner built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from North Charleston, SC wearing No. 5, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Dakereon Joyner's career was his backfield work: 445 rushing yards, 114 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 559 receiving yards across 43 career games in the available record. His career also includes 444 passing yards, 559 receiving yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Dakereon Joyner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Carolina
2018-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20182019202020212021202220222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | South Carolina | 24 | 83.3 | 4.2 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 153 | 44.3 | 8.3 | 129 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 116 | 77.5 | 3.1 | -37 |
| 2021 Postseason | South Carolina | 298 | 61.1 | 7 | 182 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Carolina | 298 | 61.1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | South Carolina | 176 | 56.8 | 5.2 | -122 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 176 | 56.8 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 237 | 27.4 | 12.3 | 61 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Florida
Week 11 · L 6-38 · Conference game
Loss with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90
Scrimmage Yards
75.7 takeover
90 scrimmage yards and 9.5 usage.
#2
vs Charleston Southern
Week 2 · W 72-10
65
Scrimmage Yards
74.2 takeover
Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65 scrimmage yards and 7.9 usage.
#3
vs North Carolina
Week 1 · W 38-21 · Postseason
64
Scrimmage Yards
70.7 takeover
Win with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
64 scrimmage yards and 15.9 usage.
#4
vs Furman
Week 2 · W 47-21
95
Scrimmage Yards
70.2 takeover
Win with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
95 scrimmage yards and 21.1 usage.
#5
@ Vanderbilt
Week 6 · W 41-7 · Conference game
47
Scrimmage Yards
68.9 takeover
Win with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
47 scrimmage yards and 2.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · South Carolina
298 primary output · 61.1 efficiency · 7 usage
60.8
#2
2021 Regular Season · South Carolina
60.8
298 primary · 61.1 efficiency · 7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · South Carolina
50.8
24 primary · 83.3 efficiency · 4.2 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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