Player Dossier

2016-2019

Ball State

Walter Fletcher

RB • 5'9" • 191 lbs • Columbia, MD, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Walter Fletcher leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

50%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

73

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

65

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Player Story

Walter Fletcher built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Columbia, MD wearing No. 20, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Walter Fletcher's career was his backfield work:...

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Walter Fletcher, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Ball State. Walter Fletcher leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,032
Rushing yards
726
Receiving yards
306
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Walter Fletcher quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,032
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Ohio
Latest roster
No. 20 · Senior
2019 Scrimmage yards rank
1,032 scrimmage yards · RB 69th (top 11%) · Mid-American 9th (top 4%) · National 111th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonBall State00000-
2017 Regular SeasonBall State00000-
2018 Regular SeasonBall State00000-
2019 Regular SeasonBall State121,032726306767.6

Related Context

Walter Fletcher played RB for Ball State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Walter Fletcher recorded 726 rushing yards, 306 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Ball State paired 1,032 primary output with 56.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 56.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Loss with 156 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

86

Efficiency

56.5

Usage

20.7

Consistency

54.9

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 56. Fordham: 113. Florida Atlantic: 29. NC State: 49. Northern Illinois: 35. Eastern Michigan: 42. Toledo: 67. Ohio: 156. Western Michigan: 99. Central Michigan: 154. Kent State: 164. Miami (OH): 68

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. Indiana: 9 by 39.7. Fordham: 11 by 74.9. Florida Atlantic: 9 by 24.4. NC State: 14 by 33.3. Northern Illinois: 10 by 36.5. Eastern Michigan: 8 by 54.9. Toledo: 12 by 61.9. Ohio: 14 by 96.4. Western Michigan: 16 by 60.4. Central Michigan: 17 by 85.7. Kent State: 20 by 69.3. Miami (OH): 18 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins65 · Games = 5 · -36 vs Losses
Losses101 · Games = 7 · +36 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Ohio

Best efficiency game

96.4 vs Ohio

Result
Fri 11/29vs Miami (OH)W 41-2716623.900263.8
Sat 11/23@ Kent State150 scrimmage yards · 2+ TDL 38-4116905.6014748.2
Sat 11/16vs Central Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 44-45151157.7002399.1
Wed 11/6@ Western MichiganL 31-3513725.5013276.2
Sat 10/26vs Ohio100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 21-341415611.10111.1
Sat 10/19vs ToledoW 52-1411686.2011-15.6
Sat 10/12@ Eastern MichiganW 29-237375.300155.3
Sat 10/5@ Northern IllinoisW 27-2010353.5003.5
Sat 9/21@ NC StateL 23-341030304193.5
Sat 9/14vs Florida AtlanticL 31-418141.8001153.2
Sat 9/7vs FordhamW 57-297365.10147710.3
Sat 8/31vs IndianaL 24-345112.2004456.2

Player Story

Walter Fletcher story

Walter Fletcher built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Columbia, MD wearing No. 20, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Walter Fletcher's career was his backfield work: 726 rushing yards, 132 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 306 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Ball State. 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 306 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 113 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State.

The arc is straightforward: Walter Fletcher 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

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    Ball State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonBall State0
2017 Regular SeasonBall State00
2018 Regular SeasonBall State00
2019 Regular SeasonBall State1,03256.520.71,032

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ohio

Week 9 · L 21-34 · Conference game

Loss with 156 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

156

Scrimmage Yards

92.8 takeover

156 scrimmage yards and 30.4 usage.

#2

vs Central Michigan

Week 12 · L 44-45 · Conference game

154

Scrimmage Yards

86.4 takeover

Loss with 154 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

154 scrimmage yards and 27.9 usage.

#3

@ Kent State

Week 13 · L 38-41 · Conference game

164

Scrimmage Yards

81.9 takeover

Loss with 164 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

164 scrimmage yards and 26.7 usage.

#4

@ Western Michigan

Week 11 · L 31-35 · Conference game

99

Scrimmage Yards

67 takeover

Loss with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

99 scrimmage yards and 28.1 usage.

#5

vs Fordham

Week 2 · W 57-29

113

Scrimmage Yards

63.4 takeover

Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

113 scrimmage yards and 16.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Ball State

1,032 primary output · 56.5 efficiency · 20.7 usage

67.6

#2

2016 Regular Season · Ball State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Ball State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games