Player Dossier

2017-2019

California

DeShawn Collins

RB • 5'10" • 195 lbs • Sacramento, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

DeShawn Collins leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · California

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
California
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC

Player Story

DeShawn Collins built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a running back from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 26, spending time with California. The clearest part of DeShawn Collins' career was his backfield...

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DeShawn Collins, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · California. DeShawn Collins leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
210
Rushing yards
199
Receiving yards
11
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

DeShawn Collins quick answers

Latest team and position
California · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
210
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 8 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · California
Top game
USC
Latest roster
No. 26 · Junior
2019 Scrimmage yards rank
210 scrimmage yards · RB 340th (top 51%) · Pac-12 97th (top 47%) · National 1,003rd (top 40%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonCalifornia00000-
2018 Regular SeasonCalifornia00000-
2019 PostseasonCalifornia814311052.1
2019 Regular SeasonCalifornia81961960252.1

Related Context

DeShawn Collins played RB for California. Across 3 tracked seasons, DeShawn Collins recorded 199 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with California.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

California paired 210 primary output with 48.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 48.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: USC

Loss with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Postseason · California

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

26.3

Efficiency

48.4

Usage

10.3

Consistency

30.3

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 14. Arizona State: 4. Oregon: 7. Utah: 14. Washington State: 34. USC: 103. Stanford: 4. UCLA: 30

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. Illinois: 4 by 24. Arizona State: 1 by 41.7. Oregon: 4 by 18.2. Utah: 1 by 100. Washington State: 6 by 59. USC: 15 by 71.5. Stanford: 4 by 10.4. UCLA: 5 by 62.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins20.5 · Games = 4 · -11.5 vs Losses
Losses32 · Games = 4 · +11.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

100 vs Utah

Result
Mon 12/30@ IllinoisW 35-20231.5002113.5
Sun 12/1@ UCLAW 28-18530606
Sat 11/23@ StanfordW 24-2044101
Sun 11/17vs USC100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 17-41151036.9026.9
Sun 11/10vs Washington StateW 33-206345.7005.7
Sun 10/27@ UtahL 0-3511414014
Sun 10/6@ OregonL 7-17471.8001.8
Sat 9/28vs Arizona StateL 17-2414404

Player Story

DeShawn Collins story

DeShawn Collins built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a running back from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 26, spending time with California. The clearest part of DeShawn Collins' career was his backfield work: 199 rushing yards, 38 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 11 receiving yards across 8 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 108 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives DeShawn Collins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    California

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonCalifornia0
2018 Regular SeasonCalifornia00
2019 PostseasonCalifornia21048.410.3210
2019 Regular SeasonCalifornia21048.410.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs USC

Week 12 · L 17-41 · Conference game

Loss with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

103

Scrimmage Yards

89.6 takeover

103 scrimmage yards and 34.1 usage.

#2

vs Washington State

Week 11 · W 33-20 · Conference game

34

Scrimmage Yards

41.6 takeover

Win with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

34 scrimmage yards and 11.5 usage.

#3

@ Utah

Week 9 · L 0-35 · Conference game

14

Scrimmage Yards

41 takeover

Loss with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

14 scrimmage yards and 3.3 usage.

#4

@ UCLA

Week 14 · W 28-18 · Conference game

30

Scrimmage Yards

39.5 takeover

Win with 30 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

30 scrimmage yards and 9.4 usage.

#5

@ Illinois

Week 1 · W 35-20 · Postseason

14

Scrimmage Yards

19 takeover

Win with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

14 scrimmage yards and 6.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · California

210 primary output · 48.4 efficiency · 10.3 usage

52.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · California

52.1

210 primary · 48.4 efficiency · 10.3 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · California

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games