Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Rice
Colin Giffen
FB • 6'1" • 234 lbs • Palo Alto, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Colin Giffen leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Rice
202324
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UNLV • Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAB
2★
- Committed To
- UNLV
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Colin Giffen, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Rice. Colin Giffen leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 5
- Receiving yards
- 5
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Colin Giffen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 5
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 2 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- UAB
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Palo Alto · UNLV
- High school pipeline
- Palo Alto · 10 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Junior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 5 scrimmage yards · FB 9th (top 100%) · American Athletic 284th (top 94%) · National 2,518th (top 95%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Rice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Rice | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 61.8 |
Related Context
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Colin Giffen played FB for UNLV and Rice. Across 3 tracked seasons, Colin Giffen recorded 5 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Rice paired 5 primary output with 41.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 41.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UNLV, Rice.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Loss with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Rice
Games
1
Scrimmage Yards / G
5
Efficiency
41.7
Usage
1.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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All Games5 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UAB
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs UAB
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/23 | @ UAB | L 14-40 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Career Arc
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- 1
UNLV
2020
Opening stop
- 2
Rice
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Rice | 5 | 41.7 | 1.9 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UAB
Week 13 · L 14-40 · Conference game
Loss with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
5
Scrimmage Yards
49 takeover
5 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.
#2
@ South Florida
Week 4 · L 29-42 · Conference game
0
Scrimmage Yards
0 takeover
Loss with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
0 scrimmage yards and 0 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Rice
5 primary output · 41.7 efficiency · 1.9 usage
61.8
#2
2023 Regular Season · Rice
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · UNLV
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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