Player Dossier

2009-2010

Pittsburgh

Dion Lewis

RB • 5'8" • Albany, NY, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Dion Lewis leans workhorse runner traits and 50.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

98%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

92

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

71

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo

Player Story

Dion Lewis built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Albany, NY wearing No. 28, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Dion Lewis' career was his backfield work: 2,860...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.75

Brother Rice · Bloomfield Hills, MI

Committed To
Holy Cross
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2011
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 18
Overall
No. 149
NFL Team
Philadelphia Eagles

Dion Lewis, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Dion Lewis leans workhorse runner traits and 50.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,265
Rushing yards
2,860
Receiving yards
405
Touchdowns
31

Quick Answers

Dion Lewis quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,265
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
Best season
2009 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Top game
Buffalo
Recruit profile
2-star · Brother Rice · Holy Cross
High school pipeline
Brother Rice · 23 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2011 · Round 5 · Pick 18 · Philadelphia Eagles
Latest roster
No. 28 · Class 2010
2010 Scrimmage yards rank
1,277 scrimmage yards · RB 28th (top 7%) · Big East 4th (top 4%) · National 47th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 PostseasonPittsburgh13158159-1184.9
2009 Regular SeasonPittsburgh131,8301,6401901784.9
2010 PostseasonPittsburgh121051050168.4
2010 Regular SeasonPittsburgh121,1729562161268.4

Related Context

Dion Lewis played RB for Pittsburgh. Across 2 tracked seasons, Dion Lewis recorded 2,860 rushing yards, 405 receiving yards, and 31 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 1,988 primary output with 59.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 50.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

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

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2010 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

106.4

Efficiency

50.3

Usage

37.9

Consistency

59

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 105. Utah: 84. New Hampshire: 79. Miami: 48. Notre Dame: 84. Syracuse: 87. Rutgers: 143. Louisville: 76. UConn: 127. South Florida: 105. West Virginia: 64. Cincinnati: 275

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 22 by 49.7. Utah: 26 by 32.2. New Hampshire: 15 by 38.8. Miami: 14 by 35.6. Notre Dame: 16 by 52.2. Syracuse: 16 by 57.5. Rutgers: 18 by 80.9. Louisville: 19 by 39.2. UConn: 18 by 66.4. South Florida: 22 by 49.7. West Virginia: 16 by 36. Cincinnati: 44 by 64.9

Split Comparison

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

Wins124.3 · Games = 7 · +42.9 vs Losses
Losses81.4 · Games = 5 · -42.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Cincinnati

Best efficiency game

80.9 vs Rutgers

Result
Sat 1/8@ Kentucky100 rush yardsW 27-10221054.8014.8
Sat 12/4@ Cincinnati100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 28-10422616.2042146.3
Fri 11/26vs West VirginiaL 10-3511343.1005304
Sat 11/20@ South Florida100 rush yardsW 17-10221054.8014.8
Fri 11/12@ UConn2+ TDL 28-3013775.9025507.1
Sat 10/30vs LouisvilleW 20-318653.6011114
Sat 10/23vs Rutgers100 rush yardsW 41-21171307.6011137.9
Sat 10/16@ SyracuseW 45-1414785.601295.4
Sat 10/9@ Notre DameL 17-2313634.8003215.3
Thu 9/23vs MiamiL 3-3112413.400273.4
Sat 9/11vs New HampshireW 38-1610272.7015525.3
Fri 9/3@ UtahL 24-27257531193.2

Player Story

Dion Lewis story

Dion Lewis built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a running back from Albany, NY wearing No. 28, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Dion Lewis' career was his backfield work: 2,860 rushing yards, 544 carries, 30 rushing touchdowns, and 405 receiving yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Pittsburgh. 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 405 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh.

The arc is straightforward: Dion Lewis 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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    Pittsburgh

    2009-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonPittsburgh1,98859.351.2
2009 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1,98859.351.20
2010 PostseasonPittsburgh1,27750.337.9-711
2010 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1,27750.337.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Buffalo

Week 2 · W 54-27

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

236

Scrimmage Yards

94.1 takeover

236 scrimmage yards and 61.2 usage.

#2

@ Cincinnati

Week 14 · W 28-10 · Conference game

275

Scrimmage Yards

88.3 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

275 scrimmage yards and 73.3 usage.

#3

vs Notre Dame

Week 11 · W 27-22

160

Scrimmage Yards

81.1 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

160 scrimmage yards and 48.9 usage.

#4

vs Cincinnati

Week 14 · L 44-45 · Conference game

228

Scrimmage Yards

80.2 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

228 scrimmage yards and 76.5 usage.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 7 · W 24-17 · Conference game

180

Scrimmage Yards

78.9 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

180 scrimmage yards and 52.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Postseason · Pittsburgh

1,988 primary output · 59.3 efficiency · 51.2 usage

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#2

2009 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

84.9

1,988 primary · 59.3 efficiency · 51.2 usage

#3

2010 Postseason · Pittsburgh

68.4

1,277 primary · 50.3 efficiency · 37.9 usage

Milestones

14

100+ rush yards

9

150+ scrimmage yards

8

2+ TD games