Player Dossier

2009-2013

Rice

Turner Petersen

RB • 6'2" • Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Turner Petersen leans balanced backfield option traits and 61.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

66

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Rice

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Rice
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Turner Petersen built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a running back from Oklahoma City, OK wearing No. 26, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Turner Petersen's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.79

Heritage Hall · Oklahoma City, OK

Committed To
Rice
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Turner Petersen, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Rice. Turner Petersen leans balanced backfield option traits and 61.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,076
Rushing yards
1,415
Receiving yards
661
Touchdowns
18

Quick Answers

Turner Petersen quick answers

Latest team and position
Rice · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,076
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
Best season
2012 Postseason · Rice
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
2-star · Heritage Hall · Rice
High school pipeline
Heritage Hall · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 26 · Class 2013
2013 Scrimmage yards rank
610 scrimmage yards · RB 134th (top 26%) · Conference USA 27th (top 11%) · National 335th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonRice00000-
2010 Regular SeasonRice71067729332.2
2011 Regular SeasonRice12603485118556
2012 PostseasonRice11928111066.1
2012 Regular SeasonRice11665510155666.1
2013 Regular SeasonRice11610262348454.9

Related Context

Turner Petersen played RB for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Turner Petersen recorded 86 passing yards, 1,415 rushing yards, and 661 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Rice.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason

Rice paired 757 primary output with 48.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 61.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Loss with 146 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2013 Regular Season · Rice

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

55.5

Efficiency

61.1

Usage

12.7

Consistency

41.5

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 25. Houston: 146. Florida Atlantic: 42. Tulsa: 122. UTSA: 33. New Mexico State: 65. UTEP: 30. North Texas: 61. Louisiana Tech: 33. UAB: 24. Tulane: 29

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 4 by 65.1. Houston: 21 by 46.2. Florida Atlantic: 11 by 34. Tulsa: 16 by 56.8. UTSA: 7 by 49.1. New Mexico State: 8 by 83.9. UTEP: 5 by 52.1. North Texas: 6 by 42.4. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 68.8. UAB: 3 by 74. Tulane: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins47.3 · Games = 8 · -30.1 vs Losses
Losses77.3 · Games = 3 · +30.1 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

Houston

Best efficiency game

100 vs Tulane

Result
Sat 11/30vs TulaneW 17-1311010011914.5
Fri 11/22@ UABW 37-342136.5001118
Sun 11/17vs Louisiana TechW 52-144338.3
Thu 10/31@ North TexasL 16-28200046110.2
Sat 10/26vs UTEPW 45-73134.3002176
Sun 10/20@ New Mexico StateW 45-19654902118.1
Sat 10/12@ UTSAW 27-217334.7004.7
Sat 10/5@ TulsaW 30-271144405787.6
Sat 9/28vs Florida AtlanticW 18-149262.9002163.8
Sat 9/21vs HoustonL 26-3116442.80051027.0
Sat 8/31@ Texas A&ML 31-524256.3006.3

Player Story

Turner Petersen story

Turner Petersen built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a running back from Oklahoma City, OK wearing No. 26, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Turner Petersen's career was his backfield work: 1,415 rushing yards, 304 carries, 13 rushing touchdowns, and 661 receiving yards across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 86 passing yards, 661 receiving yards, and 56 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Turner Petersen's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Rice

    2009-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102011201220122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonRice0
2010 Regular SeasonRice10663.43.5106
2011 Regular SeasonRice60347.915.5497
2012 PostseasonRice75748.220154
2012 Regular SeasonRice75748.2200
2013 Regular SeasonRice61061.112.7-147

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Southern Miss

Week 9 · W 44-17 · Conference game

Win with 174 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

93.7 takeover

174 scrimmage yards and 35.7 usage.

#2

@ Houston

Week 9 · L 34-73 · Conference game

140

Scrimmage Yards

87.1 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

140 scrimmage yards and 34.3 usage.

#3

vs Houston

Week 4 · L 26-31

146

Scrimmage Yards

78.5 takeover

Loss with 146 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

146 scrimmage yards and 31.3 usage.

#4

@ Tulsa

Week 6 · W 30-27 · Conference game

122

Scrimmage Yards

72.2 takeover

Win with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

122 scrimmage yards and 26.7 usage.

#5

@ Tulane

Week 11 · L 49-54 · Conference game

39

Scrimmage Yards

69.7 takeover

Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

39 scrimmage yards and 3.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Postseason · Rice

757 primary output · 48.2 efficiency · 20 usage

66.1

#2

2012 Regular Season · Rice

66.1

757 primary · 48.2 efficiency · 20 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Rice

56

603 primary · 47.9 efficiency · 15.5 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games