Player Dossier

2009-2012

Notre Dame

Cierre Wood

RB • 6'0" • Oxnard, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Cierre Wood leans balanced backfield option traits and 59 efficiency.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

3

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Cierre Wood built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Oxnard, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Cierre Wood's career was his backfield work: 2,447...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.9694

Santa Clara · Santa Clara, CA

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Cierre Wood, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Notre Dame. Cierre Wood leans balanced backfield option traits and 59 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,831
Rushing yards
2,447
Receiving yards
384
Touchdowns
18

Quick Answers

Cierre Wood quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,831
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
Best season
2011 Postseason · Notre Dame
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
4-star · Santa Clara · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Santa Clara · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Class 2012
2012 Scrimmage yards rank
767 scrimmage yards · RB 101st (top 21%) · FBS Independents 8th (top 11%) · National 226th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00000-
2010 PostseasonNotre Dame1383812158.3
2010 Regular SeasonNotre Dame13690522168458.3
2011 PostseasonNotre Dame1368608078.7
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame131,2231,042181978.7
2012 PostseasonNotre Dame1102-2060.2
2012 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1176774027460.2

Related Context

Cierre Wood played RB for Notre Dame. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cierre Wood recorded 2,447 rushing yards, 384 receiving yards, and 18 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 1,291 primary output with 52.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 59 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Win with 150 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

69.7

Efficiency

59

Usage

19.8

Consistency

65.7

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Michigan State: 56. Michigan: 39. Miami: 127. Stanford: 66. BYU: 114. Oklahoma: 74. Pittsburgh: 70. Boston College: 33. Wake Forest: 150. USC: 38

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 5 by 3.1. Michigan State: 10 by 58.3. Michigan: 7 by 58. Miami: 20 by 67.4. Stanford: 12 by 57.3. BYU: 18 by 66. Oklahoma: 7 by 94. Pittsburgh: 13 by 56.1. Boston College: 6 by 57.3. Wake Forest: 11 by 100. USC: 10 by 31.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins76.7 · Games = 10 · +76.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -76.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

100 vs Wake Forest

Result
Tue 1/8@ AlabamaL 14-42420.5001-20
Sun 11/25@ USCW 22-138202.5002183.8
Sat 11/17vs Wake Forest100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 38-01115013.60113.6
Sun 11/11@ Boston CollegeW 21-66335.5005.5
Sat 11/3vs PittsburghW 29-2613705.4005.4
Sun 10/28@ OklahomaW 30-1377410.60110.6
Sat 10/20vs BYU100 rush yardsW 17-14181146.3006.3
Sat 10/13vs StanfordW 20-1312665.5005.5
Sat 10/6vs Miami100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 41-3181186.602296.3
Sat 9/22vs MichiganW 13-67395.6005.6
Sun 9/16@ Michigan StateW 20-310565.6005.6

Player Story

Cierre Wood story

Cierre Wood built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Oxnard, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Cierre Wood's career was his backfield work: 2,447 rushing yards, 450 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 384 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Notre Dame. 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 384 receiving yards and 300 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.

The arc is straightforward: Cierre Wood 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

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    Notre Dame

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009201020102011201120122012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2010 PostseasonNotre Dame77350.520.8773
2010 Regular SeasonNotre Dame77350.520.80
2011 PostseasonNotre Dame1,29152.133.5518
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1,29152.133.50
2012 PostseasonNotre Dame7675919.8-524
2012 Regular SeasonNotre Dame7675919.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 5 · W 38-10

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

213

Scrimmage Yards

96.7 takeover

213 scrimmage yards and 34.9 usage.

#2

vs Western Michigan

Week 7 · W 44-20

123

Scrimmage Yards

87.8 takeover

Win with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

123 scrimmage yards and 26.9 usage.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 12 · W 38-0

150

Scrimmage Yards

87.2 takeover

Win with 150 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

150 scrimmage yards and 21.6 usage.

#4

vs BYU

Week 8 · W 17-14 · Conference game

114

Scrimmage Yards

80.7 takeover

Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

114 scrimmage yards and 36.7 usage.

#5

vs Tulsa

Week 9 · L 27-28

115

Scrimmage Yards

79.7 takeover

Loss with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

115 scrimmage yards and 36.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Postseason · Notre Dame

1,291 primary output · 52.1 efficiency · 33.5 usage

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#2

2011 Regular Season · Notre Dame

78.7

1,291 primary · 52.1 efficiency · 33.5 usage

#3

2012 Postseason · Notre Dame

60.2

767 primary · 59 efficiency · 19.8 usage

Milestones

6

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games