Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Penn State
Derek Day
RB • 5'9" • Harrisburg, PA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Derek Day leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Derek Day, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Penn State. Derek Day leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 169
- Rushing yards
- 136
- Receiving yards
- 33
Quick Answers
Derek Day quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 169
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Virginia
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 129 scrimmage yards · RB 322nd (top 66%) · Big Ten 105th (top 48%) · National 1,155th (top 52%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 45.9 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | 129 | 109 | 20 | 0 | 59 |
Related Context
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Derek Day played RB for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Derek Day recorded 136 rushing yards and 33 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Penn State paired 129 primary output with 38.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 38.7 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: Virginia
Loss with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
32.3
Efficiency
38.7
Usage
14.7
Consistency
55.5
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 39. Virginia: 64. Illinois: 14. Iowa: 12
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. Ohio: 9 by 46.2. Virginia: 19 by 30.4. Illinois: 4 by 36.5. Iowa: 3 by 41.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins13 · Games = 2 · -38.5 vs Losses
Losses51.5 · Games = 2 · +38.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Virginia
Best efficiency game
46.2 vs Ohio
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Penn State
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Penn State | 40 | 59.4 | 4.9 | 40 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Penn State | 129 | 38.7 | 14.7 | 89 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia
Week 2 · L 16-17
Loss with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
72.6 takeover
64 scrimmage yards and 30.6 usage.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 5 · W 16-10 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
58.8 takeover
Win with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
13 scrimmage yards and 1.5 usage.
#3
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 4 · W 34-6
18
Scrimmage Yards
56.9 takeover
Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
18 scrimmage yards and 8.3 usage.
#4
vs Ohio
Week 1 · L 14-24
39
Scrimmage Yards
53.2 takeover
Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
39 scrimmage yards and 18.4 usage.
#5
vs Indiana State
Week 1 · W 41-7
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Scrimmage Yards
31.9 takeover
Win with 9 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
9 scrimmage yards and 5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Penn State
129 primary output · 38.7 efficiency · 14.7 usage
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#2
2011 Regular Season · Penn State
45.9
40 primary · 59.4 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Penn State
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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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