Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2010Northwestern
Arby Fields
RB • 5'9" • Alta Loma, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Arby Fields leans balanced backfield option traits and 28.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois State
Player Story
Arby Fields built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Alta Loma, CA wearing No. 19, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Arby Fields' career was his backfield work: 480...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Arby Fields, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Northwestern. Arby Fields leans balanced backfield option traits and 28.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 586
- Rushing yards
- 480
- Receiving yards
- 106
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Arby Fields quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 586
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2009 Postseason · Northwestern
- Top game
- Illinois State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Central East · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Central East · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 205 scrimmage yards · RB 250th (top 56%) · Big Ten 78th (top 39%) · National 860th (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Northwestern | 13 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 59.2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Northwestern | 13 | 365 | 294 | 71 | 5 | 59.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 205 | 178 | 27 | 1 | 35.5 |
Related Context
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Arby Fields played RB for Northwestern. Across 2 tracked seasons, Arby Fields recorded 480 rushing yards, 106 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Postseason
Northwestern paired 381 primary output with 45.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 28.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois State
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2010 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
25.6
Efficiency
28.2
Usage
12.5
Consistency
24.6
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: -7. Illinois State: 102. Rice: 71. Central Michigan: 15. Michigan State: 0. Indiana: 10. Iowa: -3. Wisconsin: 17
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. Vanderbilt: 10 by 0. Illinois State: 23 by 45.8. Rice: 18 by 36.7. Central Michigan: 8 by 22.1. Indiana: 3 by 34.7. Iowa: 1 by 0. Wisconsin: 3 by 58
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins31.3 · Games = 6 · +22.8 vs Losses
Losses8.5 · Games = 2 · -22.8 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
Illinois State
Best efficiency game
58 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | @ Wisconsin | L 23-70 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5.7 |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Iowa | W 21-17 | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Indiana | W 20-17 | 3 | 10 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Michigan State | L 27-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Central Michigan | W 30-25 | 7 | 16 | 2.30 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1.9 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Rice | W 30-13 | 17 | 55 | 3.20 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3.9 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Illinois State | W 37-3 | 22 | 96 | 4.40 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4.4 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Vanderbilt | W 23-21 | 10 | -7 | -0.70 | 0 | — | — | -0.7 |
Player Story
Arby Fields story
Arby Fields built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Alta Loma, CA wearing No. 19, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Arby Fields' career was his backfield work: 480 rushing yards, 144 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 106 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 106 receiving yards and 21 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Arby Fields' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Northwestern
2009-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200920092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Northwestern | 381 | 45.3 | 12.2 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Northwestern | 381 | 45.3 | 12.2 | 0 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 205 | 28.2 | 12.5 | -176 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Illinois State
Week 2 · W 37-3
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
102
Scrimmage Yards
79.9 takeover
102 scrimmage yards and 32.9 usage.
#2
@ Purdue
Week 5 · W 27-21 · Conference game
59
Scrimmage Yards
72.4 takeover
Win with 59 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
59 scrimmage yards and 31.9 usage.
#3
vs Wisconsin
Week 12 · W 33-31 · Conference game
51
Scrimmage Yards
65.8 takeover
Win with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
51 scrimmage yards and 25.5 usage.
#4
vs Minnesota
Week 4 · L 24-35 · Conference game
55
Scrimmage Yards
65.1 takeover
Loss with 55 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
55 scrimmage yards and 18 usage.
#5
vs Towson
Week 1 · W 47-14
48
Scrimmage Yards
63.1 takeover
Win with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 8.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Postseason · Northwestern
381 primary output · 45.3 efficiency · 12.2 usage
59.2
#2
2009 Regular Season · Northwestern
59.2
381 primary · 45.3 efficiency · 12.2 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Northwestern
35.5
205 primary · 28.2 efficiency · 12.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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