Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025San Diego State
Byron Cardwell
RB • 6'0" • 215 lbs • San Diego, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Byron Cardwell leans balanced backfield option traits and 54 efficiency.
Impact Production
3
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Oregon
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Oregon • California • San Diego State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
Player Story
Byron Cardwell built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from San Diego, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with California, Oregon, and San Diego State. The clearest part of Byron Cardwell's...
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- Committed To
- Oregon
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Byron Cardwell, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Oregon. Byron Cardwell leans balanced backfield option traits and 54 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,011
- Rushing yards
- 835
- Receiving yards
- 176
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Byron Cardwell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San Diego State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,011
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Oregon
- Top game
- Colorado State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Morse · Oregon
- High school pipeline
- Morse · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 375 scrimmage yards · RB 258th (top 36%) · Mountain West 55th (top 24%) · National 664th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Oregon | 12 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 12 | 401 | 400 | 1 | 3 | 52.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 2 | 110 | 76 | 34 | 2 | 50.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 5 | 106 | 75 | 31 | 0 | 27.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | San Diego State | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | San Diego State | 10 | 369 | 261 | 108 | 2 | 50.5 |
Related Context
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Byron Cardwell played RB for Oregon, California, and San Diego State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Byron Cardwell recorded 835 rushing yards, 176 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Oregon.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Oregon paired 420 primary output with 52.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 54 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 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 Oregon, California, San Diego State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
Win with 129 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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2025 Postseason · San Diego State
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
37.5
Efficiency
54
Usage
9.3
Consistency
32.4
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 6. Stony Brook: 28. California: 4. Colorado State: 129. Nevada: 41. Fresno State: 85. Wyoming: 53. Hawai'i: 6. Boise State: 15. San José State: 8
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. North Texas: 1 by 62.5. Stony Brook: 7 by 41.7. California: 1 by 41.7. Colorado State: 15 by 85.8. Nevada: 10 by 45.6. Fresno State: 9 by 62.6. Wyoming: 3 by 75. Hawai'i: 2 by 31.3. Boise State: 3 by 52.1. San José State: 2 by 41.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins45.4 · Games = 8 · +39.4 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 2 · -39.4 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
Colorado State
Best efficiency game
85.8 vs Colorado State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs North Texas | L 47-49 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sun 11/23 | vs San José State | W 25-3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Boise State | W 17-7 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Hawai'i | L 6-38 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Wyoming | W 24-7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 17.7 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Fresno State | W 23-0 | 7 | 26 | 3.70 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 9.4 |
| Sun 10/12 | @ Nevada | W 44-10 | 9 | 41 | 4.60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Colorado State100 rush yards | W 45-24 | 15 | 129 | 8.60 | 1 | — | — | 8.6 |
| Sun 9/21 | vs California | W 34-0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Stony Brook | W 42-0 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
Player Story
Byron Cardwell story
Byron Cardwell built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from San Diego, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with California, Oregon, and San Diego State. The clearest part of Byron Cardwell's career was his backfield work: 835 rushing yards, 144 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 176 receiving yards across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 176 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 31 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Byron Cardwell'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
Oregon
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
California
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
San Diego State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Oregon | 420 | 52.5 | 9.3 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 420 | 52.5 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 110 | 72.9 | 11.3 | -310 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | -110 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 106 | 30.9 | 9 | 106 |
| 2025 Postseason | San Diego State | 375 | 54 | 9.3 | 269 |
| 2025 Regular Season | San Diego State | 375 | 54 | 9.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 124 Colorado State
Week 6 · W 45-24 · Conference game
Win with 129 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
129
Scrimmage Yards
85.4 takeover
129 scrimmage yards and 24.6 usage.
#2
vs Colorado
Week 9 · W 52-29 · Conference game
127
Scrimmage Yards
77.4 takeover
Win with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
127 scrimmage yards and 11.3 usage.
#3
vs Washington State
Week 11 · W 38-24 · Conference game
98
Scrimmage Yards
71 takeover
Win with 98 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
98 scrimmage yards and 14.1 usage.
#4
vs Eastern Washington
Week 2 · W 70-14
74
Scrimmage Yards
69.5 takeover
Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
74 scrimmage yards and 11 usage.
#5
vs NC State
Week 8 · L 23-24 · Conference game
65
Scrimmage Yards
67.3 takeover
Loss with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Oregon
420 primary output · 52.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage
52.8
#2
2021 Regular Season · Oregon
52.8
420 primary · 52.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Oregon
50.8
110 primary · 72.9 efficiency · 11.3 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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