Player Dossier

2019-2024

North Carolina

Darwin Barlow

RB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Newton, TX, USA

Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency

Darwin Barlow leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 71.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · TCU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
TCU • USC • North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

Darwin Barlow built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Newton, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with North Carolina, TCU, and USC. The clearest part of Darwin Barlow's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.89

Newton · Newton, TX

Committed To
TCU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Darwin Barlow, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · TCU. Darwin Barlow leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 71.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,206
Rushing yards
1,055
Receiving yards
151
Touchdowns
11

Quick Answers

Darwin Barlow quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,206
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · TCU
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
3-star · Newton · TCU
High school pipeline
Newton · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 24 · Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
93 scrimmage yards · RB 467th (top 66%) · ACC 196th (top 54%) · National 1,471st (top 56%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonTCU31099910141
2020 Regular SeasonTCU1047242844462.9
2021 Regular SeasonUSC931128922248.8
2022 Regular SeasonUSC71309634335.5
2023 Regular SeasonUSC4918110139.7
2024 PostseasonNorth Carolina446379041.8
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina4472522041.8

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024USC to North CarolinaP4 to P478.9Nov 30, 2023
2021TCU to USCP4 to P478.2Jun 14, 2021

Darwin Barlow played RB for TCU, USC, and North Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Darwin Barlow recorded 1,055 rushing yards, 151 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with TCU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

TCU paired 472 primary output with 53.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 71.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across TCU, USC, North Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Loss with 46 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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2024 Postseason · North Carolina

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

23.3

Efficiency

71.3

Usage

6.3

Consistency

58.1

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UConn: 46. Minnesota: 7. Georgia Tech: 17. Florida State: 23

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. UConn: 6 by 78.2. Minnesota: 2 by 27.1. Georgia Tech: 1 by 100. Florida State: 3 by 79.9

Split Comparison

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

Wins15 · Games = 2 · -16.5 vs Losses
Losses31.5 · Games = 2 · +16.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

100 vs Georgia Tech

Result
Sat 12/28vs UConnL 14-275377.400197.7
Sat 11/2@ Florida StateW 35-113237.7007.7
Sat 10/12vs Georgia TechL 34-4111717
Fri 8/30@ MinnesotaW 19-171220153.5

Player Story

Darwin Barlow story

Darwin Barlow built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Newton, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with North Carolina, TCU, and USC. The clearest part of Darwin Barlow's career was his backfield work: 1,055 rushing yards, 190 carries, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 151 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 151 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 43 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Darwin Barlow'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

    TCU

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    USC

    2021-2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    North Carolina

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonTCU10944.210.7
2020 Regular SeasonTCU47253.214.3363
2021 Regular SeasonUSC31149.411.7-161
2022 Regular SeasonUSC13053.64.6-181
2023 Regular SeasonUSC9170.14.3-39
2024 PostseasonNorth Carolina9371.36.32
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina9371.36.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Baylor

Week 9 · W 33-23 · Conference game

Win with 117 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

85 takeover

117 scrimmage yards and 27.6 usage.

#2

vs BYU

Week 13 · L 31-35

96

Scrimmage Yards

78.4 takeover

Loss with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

96 scrimmage yards and 31.3 usage.

#3

vs Colorado

Week 11 · W 55-17 · Conference game

72

Scrimmage Yards

75.3 takeover

Win with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

72 scrimmage yards and 11.5 usage.

#4

vs UConn

Week 1 · L 14-27 · Postseason

46

Scrimmage Yards

74.1 takeover

Loss with 46 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

46 scrimmage yards and 15.4 usage.

#5

@ Kansas

Week 13 · W 59-23 · Conference game

83

Scrimmage Yards

70.9 takeover

Win with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

83 scrimmage yards and 17 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · TCU

472 primary output · 53.2 efficiency · 14.3 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · USC

48.8

311 primary · 49.4 efficiency · 11.7 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · North Carolina

41.8

93 primary · 71.3 efficiency · 6.3 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games