Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Sam Houston
Alton McCaskill
RB • 6'2" • 210 lbs • Conroe, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Alton McCaskill leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 4
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Houston • Colorado • Arizona State • Sam Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Player Story
Alton McCaskill built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Conroe, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Arizona State, Colorado, Houston, and Sam Houston. The clearest part of Alton...
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Alton McCaskill, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Houston. Alton McCaskill leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,606
- Rushing yards
- 1,408
- Receiving yards
- 198
- Touchdowns
- 20
Quick Answers
Alton McCaskill quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Sam Houston · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,606
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Houston
- Top game
- Temple
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Oak Ridge · Houston
- High school pipeline
- Oak Ridge · 13 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 437 scrimmage yards · RB 226th (top 31%) · Conference USA 47th (top 19%) · National 568th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Houston | 14 | 93 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 74.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Houston | 14 | 981 | 883 | 98 | 17 | 74.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado | 4 | 78 | 59 | 19 | 0 | 33.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 8 | 437 | 371 | 66 | 2 | 57.8 |
Related Context
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Alton McCaskill played RB for Houston, Colorado, Arizona State, and Sam Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Alton McCaskill recorded 1,408 rushing yards, 198 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Houston paired 1,074 primary output with 50.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 42.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Houston, Colorado, Arizona State, Sam Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
Loss with 87 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 Regular Season · Sam Houston
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
54.6
Efficiency
42.8
Usage
25
Consistency
76.4
Best Game by takeover score
Jacksonville State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 75. New Mexico State: 64. Jacksonville State: 87. UTEP: 67. Oregon State: 2. Delaware: 58. Middle Tennessee: 52. Florida International: 32
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. Western Kentucky: 12 by 67. New Mexico State: 15 by 37.6. Jacksonville State: 14 by 64.7. UTEP: 13 by 51. Oregon State: 7 by 3. Delaware: 15 by 36.6. Middle Tennessee: 13 by 40.5. Florida International: 8 by 41.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins30 · Games = 2 · -32.8 vs Losses
Losses62.8 · Games = 6 · +32.8 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
Jacksonville State
Best efficiency game
67 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Florida International | L 16-56 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 17-31 | 11 | 42 | 3.80 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Delaware | W 26-23 | 14 | 46 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3.9 |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Oregon State | W 21-17 | 7 | 2 | 0.30 | 0 | — | — | 0.3 |
| Wed 10/15 | vs UTEP | L 17-35 | 11 | 52 | 4.70 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5.2 |
| Fri 10/10 | vs Jacksonville State | L 27-29 | 14 | 87 | 6.20 | 0 | — | — | 6.2 |
| Fri 10/3 | @ New Mexico State | L 10-37 | 12 | 38 | 3.20 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 4.3 |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Western Kentucky | L 24-41 | 11 | 72 | 6.50 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6.3 |
Player Story
Alton McCaskill story
Alton McCaskill built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Conroe, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Arizona State, Colorado, Houston, and Sam Houston. The clearest part of Alton McCaskill's career was his backfield work: 1,408 rushing yards, 298 carries, 17 rushing touchdowns, and 198 receiving yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Houston. 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 198 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State, Colorado, Houston, and Sam Houston.
The arc is straightforward: Alton McCaskill 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Houston
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Arizona State
2024
Peak year stop
- 4
Sam Houston
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Houston | 1,074 | 50.8 | 25.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Houston | 1,074 | 50.8 | 25.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | — | — | -1,074 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado | 78 | 51.8 | 7 | 78 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona State | 17 | 25.3 | 11.1 | -61 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 437 | 42.8 | 25 | 420 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Temple
Week 11 · W 37-8 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
141
Scrimmage Yards
86.3 takeover
141 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.
#2
vs No. 92 Jacksonville State
Week 7 · L 27-29 · Conference game
87
Scrimmage Yards
84.5 takeover
Loss with 87 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
87 scrimmage yards and 31.1 usage.
#3
@ South Florida
Week 10 · W 54-42 · Conference game
125
Scrimmage Yards
82.6 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
125 scrimmage yards and 36.7 usage.
#4
vs Grambling
Week 3 · W 45-0
114
Scrimmage Yards
75.9 takeover
Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
114 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.
#5
@ No. 69 Western Kentucky
Week 1 · L 24-41 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
73.9 takeover
Loss with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
75 scrimmage yards and 24 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Houston
1,074 primary output · 50.8 efficiency · 25.9 usage
74.1
#2
2021 Regular Season · Houston
74.1
1,074 primary · 50.8 efficiency · 25.9 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
57.8
437 primary · 42.8 efficiency · 25 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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