Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Texas Tech
Eric Stephens Jr.
RB • 5'8" • Mansfield, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Eric Stephens Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
98
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Eric Stephens Jr. built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Eric Stephens Jr.'s career was his backfield...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Eric Stephens Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Eric Stephens Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,504
- Rushing yards
- 1,967
- Receiving yards
- 537
- Touchdowns
- 26
Quick Answers
Eric Stephens Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,504
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Texas Tech
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Miller
- High school pipeline
- Miller · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 559 scrimmage yards · RB 150th (top 31%) · Big 12 39th (top 22%) · National 376th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Texas Tech | 13 | 64 | 31 | 33 | 0 | 46 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 13 | 303 | 223 | 80 | 3 | 46 |
| 2010 Postseason | Texas Tech | 13 | 145 | 126 | 19 | 1 | 67.7 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 13 | 735 | 542 | 193 | 7 | 67.7 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 5 | 698 | 565 | 133 | 8 | 82.9 |
| 2012 Postseason | Texas Tech | 13 | 74 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 50.4 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 13 | 485 | 414 | 71 | 7 | 50.4 |
Related Context
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Eric Stephens Jr. played RB for Texas Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Eric Stephens Jr. recorded 3 passing yards, 1,967 rushing yards, and 537 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Texas Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Texas Tech paired 698 primary output with 57.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 57.2 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: Nevada
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
5
Scrimmage Yards / G
139.6
Efficiency
57.2
Usage
35.9
Consistency
95.2
Best Game by takeover score
Nevada
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 118. New Mexico: 155. Nevada: 164. Kansas: 147. Texas A&M: 114
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. Texas State: 21 by 58.7. New Mexico: 21 by 71.8. Nevada: 29 by 55.8. Kansas: 29 by 50.9. Texas A&M: 24 by 48.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins146 · Games = 4 · +32 vs Losses
Losses114 · Games = 1 · -32 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Nevada
Best efficiency game
71.8 vs New Mexico
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/8 | vs Texas A&M100 rush yards | L 40-45 | 22 | 102 | 4.60 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Kansas100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 45-34 | 26 | 124 | 4.80 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 5.1 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Nevada100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 35-34 | 26 | 134 | 5.20 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 5.7 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ New Mexico150 scrimmage yards | W 59-13 | 14 | 92 | 6.60 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 7.4 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Texas State100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 50-10 | 20 | 113 | 5.70 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.6 |
Player Story
Eric Stephens Jr. story
Eric Stephens Jr. built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Eric Stephens Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 1,967 rushing yards, 373 carries, 21 rushing touchdowns, and 537 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Texas Tech. 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 3 passing yards, 537 receiving yards, and 1,979 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Eric Stephens Jr. 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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Texas Tech
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009200920102010201120122012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Texas Tech | 367 | 57.3 | 7.9 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 367 | 57.3 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 2010 Postseason | Texas Tech | 880 | 51.3 | 19.4 | 513 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 880 | 51.3 | 19.4 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 698 | 57.2 | 35.9 | -182 |
| 2012 Postseason | Texas Tech | 559 | 51.2 | 12.7 | -139 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 559 | 51.2 | 12.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern
Week 1 · W 45-38 · Postseason
Win with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
85.7 takeover
145 scrimmage yards and 26.4 usage.
#2
vs Nevada
Week 4 · W 35-34
164
Scrimmage Yards
85.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
164 scrimmage yards and 46 usage.
#3
@ New Mexico
Week 3 · W 59-13
155
Scrimmage Yards
80.8 takeover
Win with 155 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
155 scrimmage yards and 26.6 usage.
#4
@ Kansas
Week 5 · W 45-34 · Conference game
147
Scrimmage Yards
80.2 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
147 scrimmage yards and 42 usage.
#5
vs New Mexico
Week 3 · W 49-14
121
Scrimmage Yards
78.8 takeover
Win with 121 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
121 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Texas Tech
698 primary output · 57.2 efficiency · 35.9 usage
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#2
2010 Postseason · Texas Tech
67.7
880 primary · 51.3 efficiency · 19.4 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Texas Tech
67.7
880 primary · 51.3 efficiency · 19.4 usage
Milestones
6
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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