Player Dossier

2009-2012

Kansas

Toben Opurum

RB • 6'1" • Richardson, TX, USA

Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency

Toben Opurum leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 100 efficiency.

Usage / Role

48%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

67

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

53

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: 2009 Regular Season · Kansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Toben Opurum built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Richardson, TX wearing No. 35, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Toben Opurum's career was his backfield work: 554...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.76

Freedom · Oakley, CA

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Toben Opurum, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Kansas. Toben Opurum leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 100 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
671
Rushing yards
554
Receiving yards
117
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Toben Opurum quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
671
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · Kansas
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
2-star · Freedom
High school pipeline
Freedom · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 35 · Class 2012
2012 Scrimmage yards rank
12 scrimmage yards · RB 456th (top 93%) · Big 12 161st (top 89%) · National 1,959th (top 88%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonKansas116595541051066.4
2010 Regular SeasonKansas00000-
2011 Regular SeasonKansas00000-
2012 Regular SeasonKansas112012051.5

Related Context

Toben Opurum played RB for Kansas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Toben Opurum recorded 554 rushing yards, 117 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Kansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

Kansas paired 659 primary output with 43.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 43.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2009 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

59.9

Efficiency

43.9

Usage

21.9

Consistency

59.1

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Colorado: 84. UTEP: 71. Duke: 120. Southern Miss: 130. Iowa State: 115. Colorado: 3. Oklahoma: 59. Texas Tech: 19. Kansas State: 7. Nebraska: 38. Texas: 13

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. Northern Colorado: 9 by 88.9. UTEP: 18 by 40.7. Duke: 20 by 50.7. Southern Miss: 30 by 42.4. Iowa State: 26 by 44. Colorado: 2 by 15.6. Oklahoma: 13 by 47.3. Texas Tech: 8 by 21.4. Kansas State: 2 by 36.5. Nebraska: 16 by 27.8. Texas: 2 by 67.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins104 · Games = 5 · +80.8 vs Losses
Losses23.2 · Games = 6 · -80.8 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

Southern Miss

Best efficiency game

88.9 vs Northern Colorado

Result
Sun 11/22@ TexasL 20-512136.5006.5
Sat 11/14vs NebraskaL 17-3115432.9001-52.4
Sat 11/7@ Kansas StateL 10-17273.5003.5
Sat 10/31@ Texas TechL 21-426111.801282.4
Sat 10/24vs OklahomaL 13-3513594.5004.5
Sat 10/17@ ColoradoL 30-34231.5011.5
Sat 10/10vs Iowa StateW 41-3624984.1012174.4
Sat 9/26vs Southern Miss100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 35-28281093.9012214.3
Sat 9/19vs Duke2+ TDW 44-1617704.1023506
Sat 9/12@ UTEPW 34-716623.901293.9
Sat 9/5vs Northern Colorado2+ TDW 49-38799.902159.3

Player Story

Toben Opurum story

Toben Opurum built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Richardson, TX wearing No. 35, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Toben Opurum's career was his backfield work: 554 rushing yards, 133 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 117 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Kansas. 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 117 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas.

The arc is straightforward: Toben Opurum 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.

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    Kansas

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonKansas65943.921.9
2010 Regular SeasonKansas0-659
2011 Regular SeasonKansas00
2012 Regular SeasonKansas121001.512

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Southern Miss

Week 4 · W 35-28

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

130

Scrimmage Yards

80.8 takeover

130 scrimmage yards and 41.7 usage.

#2

vs Duke

Week 3 · W 44-16

120

Scrimmage Yards

80 takeover

Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

120 scrimmage yards and 33.9 usage.

#3

vs Iowa State

Week 6 · W 41-36 · Conference game

115

Scrimmage Yards

77.5 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

115 scrimmage yards and 39.4 usage.

#4

@ Kansas State

Week 6 · L 16-56 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

68.1 takeover

Loss with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

12 scrimmage yards and 1.5 usage.

#5

vs Northern Colorado

Week 1 · W 49-3

84

Scrimmage Yards

65.3 takeover

Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

84 scrimmage yards and 14.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · Kansas

659 primary output · 43.9 efficiency · 21.9 usage

66.4

#2

2012 Regular Season · Kansas

51.5

12 primary · 100 efficiency · 1.5 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · Kansas

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games