Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2013Northwestern
Mike Trumpy
RB • 6'1" • Wheaton, IL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Mike Trumpy leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Mike Trumpy built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a running back from Wheaton, IL wearing No. 32, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Mike Trumpy's career was his backfield work: 1,431...
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- Committed To
- Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Mike Trumpy, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Northwestern. Mike Trumpy leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,767
- Rushing yards
- 1,431
- Receiving yards
- 336
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Mike Trumpy quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,767
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Adlai Stevenson · Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Adlai Stevenson · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Class 2013
- 2013 Scrimmage yards rank
- 468 scrimmage yards · RB 182nd (top 35%) · Big Ten 42nd (top 20%) · National 480th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 10 | 712 | 530 | 182 | 4 | 65.5 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 182 | 182 | 0 | 1 | 52.8 |
| 2012 Postseason | Northwestern | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 13 | 398 | 342 | 56 | 3 | 39.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11 | 468 | 370 | 98 | 2 | 51.5 |
Related Context
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Mike Trumpy played RB for Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mike Trumpy recorded 1,431 rushing yards, 336 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 712 primary output with 43.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 43.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with 141 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
71.2
Efficiency
43.7
Usage
22.7
Consistency
53.3
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois State: 15. Rice: 3. Central Michigan: 53. Minnesota: 60. Purdue: 41. Michigan State: 50. Indiana: 164. Penn State: 79. Iowa: 106. Illinois: 141
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois State: 7 by 22.3. Rice: 2 by 15.6. Central Michigan: 12 by 46. Minnesota: 15 by 42.1. Purdue: 11 by 31.5. Michigan State: 13 by 47.3. Indiana: 24 by 61.2. Penn State: 17 by 38.6. Iowa: 20 by 43.3. Illinois: 15 by 89.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins66.8 · Games = 6 · -10.9 vs Losses
Losses77.8 · Games = 4 · +10.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
89.2 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | vs Illinois100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 27-48 | 13 | 129 | 9.90 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9.4 |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Iowa | W 21-17 | 15 | 51 | 3.40 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 5.3 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Penn State | L 21-35 | 14 | 43 | 3.10 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 4.6 |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Indiana100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 20-17 | 21 | 110 | 5.20 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 6.8 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Michigan State | L 27-35 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Purdue | L 17-20 | 9 | 23 | 2.60 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3.7 |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Minnesota | W 29-28 | 13 | 53 | 4.10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Central Michigan | W 30-25 | 12 | 53 | 4.40 | 0 | — | — | 4.4 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Rice | W 30-13 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Illinois State | W 37-3 | 7 | 15 | 2.10 | 1 | — | — | 2.1 |
Player Story
Mike Trumpy story
Mike Trumpy built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a running back from Wheaton, IL wearing No. 32, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Mike Trumpy's career was his backfield work: 1,431 rushing yards, 325 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 336 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Northwestern. 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 336 receiving 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 Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Mike Trumpy 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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Northwestern
2009-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200920102011201220122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 712 | 43.7 | 22.7 | 712 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Northwestern | 182 | 52.7 | 19.4 | -530 |
| 2012 Postseason | Northwestern | 405 | 40 | 9.7 | 223 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 405 | 40 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 468 | 40.6 | 15.9 | 63 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Illinois
Week 12 · L 27-48 · Conference game
Loss with 141 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
91.7 takeover
141 scrimmage yards and 39.5 usage.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 9 · W 20-17 · Conference game
164
Scrimmage Yards
87.1 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
164 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.
#3
vs Maine
Week 4 · W 35-21
94
Scrimmage Yards
80 takeover
Win with 94 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
94 scrimmage yards and 28.8 usage.
#4
vs Boston College
Week 3 · W 22-13
114
Scrimmage Yards
75 takeover
Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
114 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
#5
@ Boston College
Week 1 · W 24-17
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Scrimmage Yards
73.1 takeover
Win with 85 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
85 scrimmage yards and 21.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Northwestern
712 primary output · 43.7 efficiency · 22.7 usage
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#2
2011 Regular Season · Northwestern
52.8
182 primary · 52.7 efficiency · 19.4 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Northwestern
51.5
468 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 15.9 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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