Player Dossier

2021-2025

Sam 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.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

12

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

5

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

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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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8893

Oak Ridge · Conroe, TX

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 PostseasonHouston14937815174.1
2021 Regular SeasonHouston14981883981774.1
2022 Regular SeasonHouston00000-
2023 Regular SeasonColorado4785919033.4
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State117170039.6
2025 Regular SeasonSam Houston843737166257.8

Related Context

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

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 51.8 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: Stanford

Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Colorado

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

19.5

Efficiency

51.8

Usage

7

Consistency

54.7

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 18. USC: 5. Stanford: 41. UCLA: 14

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. Oregon: 6 by 33.8. USC: 1 by 52.1. Stanford: 7 by 48.4. UCLA: 2 by 72.9

Split Comparison

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

First Half11.5 · Games = 2 · -16 vs Second Half
Second Half27.5 · Games = 2 · +16 vs First Half

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

72.9 vs UCLA

Result
Sat 10/28@ UCLAL 16-28214707
Sat 10/14vs StanfordL 43-466233.8001185.9
Sat 9/30vs USCL 41-4815505
Sat 9/23@ OregonL 6-425173.400113

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.

  1. 1

    Houston

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Colorado

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Arizona State

    2024

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    Sam Houston

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonHouston1,07450.825.9
2021 Regular SeasonHouston1,07450.825.90
2022 Regular SeasonHouston0-1,074
2023 Regular SeasonColorado7851.8778
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State1725.311.1-61
2025 Regular SeasonSam Houston43742.825420

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

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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

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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

0

150+ scrimmage yards

5

2+ TD games