Usage / Role
21%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2010Kansas
Deshaun Sands
RB • 5'7" • Sunrise, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Deshaun Sands leans balanced backfield option traits and 43 efficiency.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Deshaun Sands built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Sunrise, FL wearing No. 36, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Deshaun Sands' career was his backfield work: 211...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Deshaun Sands, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Kansas. Deshaun Sands leans balanced backfield option traits and 43 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 232
- Rushing yards
- 211
- Receiving yards
- 21
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Deshaun Sands quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 232
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Vero Beach · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Vero Beach · 43 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Class 2010
- 2010 Scrimmage yards rank
- 232 scrimmage yards · RB 236th (top 52%) · Big 12 85th (top 41%) · National 796th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Kansas | 9 | 232 | 211 | 21 | 1 | 62 |
Related Context
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Deshaun Sands played RB for Kansas. Across 2 tracked seasons, Deshaun Sands recorded 211 rushing yards, 21 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Kansas paired 232 primary output with 43 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 43 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
25.8
Efficiency
43
Usage
11.7
Consistency
71.5
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Dakota State: 21. Southern Miss: 34. New Mexico State: 37. Baylor: 5. Kansas State: 12. Texas A&M: 26. Colorado: 49. Oklahoma State: 13. Missouri: 35
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. North Dakota State: 11 by 18.6. Southern Miss: 8 by 44.3. New Mexico State: 11 by 35. Baylor: 3 by 17.4. Kansas State: 2 by 62.5. Texas A&M: 6 by 45.1. Colorado: 9 by 53.9. Oklahoma State: 3 by 49.3. Missouri: 6 by 60.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins43 · Games = 2 · +22.1 vs Losses
Losses20.9 · Games = 7 · -22.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Colorado
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Kansas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | @ Missouri | L 7-35 | 6 | 35 | 5.80 | 0 | — | — | 5.8 |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Oklahoma State | L 14-48 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4.3 |
| Sat 11/6 | vs Colorado | W 52-45 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5.4 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Texas A&M | L 10-45 | 6 | 26 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Thu 10/14 | vs Kansas State | L 7-59 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Baylor | L 7-55 | 3 | 5 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs New Mexico State | W 42-16 | 11 | 37 | 3.40 | 0 | — | — | 3.4 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Southern Miss | L 16-31 | 8 | 34 | 4.30 | 1 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs North Dakota State | L 3-6 | 10 | 17 | 1.70 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.9 |
Player Story
Deshaun Sands story
Deshaun Sands built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Sunrise, FL wearing No. 36, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Deshaun Sands' career was his backfield work: 211 rushing yards, 55 carries, 1 rushing touchdown, and 21 receiving yards across 9 career games in the available record. His career also includes 21 receiving yards and 21 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Deshaun Sands' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Kansas
2009-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Kansas | 232 | 43 | 11.7 | 232 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Colorado
Week 10 · W 52-45 · Conference game
Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
49
Scrimmage Yards
64.1 takeover
49 scrimmage yards and 13.4 usage.
#2
@ Missouri
Week 13 · L 7-35 · Conference game
35
Scrimmage Yards
57.4 takeover
Loss with 35 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
35 scrimmage yards and 14 usage.
#3
vs New Mexico State
Week 4 · W 42-16
37
Scrimmage Yards
54.3 takeover
Win with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
37 scrimmage yards and 18.3 usage.
#4
@ Southern Miss
Week 3 · L 16-31
34
Scrimmage Yards
50.6 takeover
Loss with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
34 scrimmage yards and 13.3 usage.
#5
vs Texas A&M
Week 8 · L 10-45 · Conference game
26
Scrimmage Yards
42 takeover
Loss with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
26 scrimmage yards and 9.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Kansas
232 primary output · 43 efficiency · 11.7 usage
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#2
2009 Regular Season · Kansas
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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