Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Miami (OH)
Erik Finklea
RB • 6'1" • Cincinnati, OH, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Erik Finklea leans balanced backfield option traits and 35 efficiency.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Miami (OH)
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Army
Player Story
Erik Finklea built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 49, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Erik Finklea's career was his backfield work: 350...
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- Committed To
- Miami (OH)
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
Erik Finklea, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Miami (OH). Erik Finklea leans balanced backfield option traits and 35 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 379
- Rushing yards
- 350
- Receiving yards
- 29
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Erik Finklea quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami (OH) · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 379
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
- Top game
- Army
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Woodward Career Technical · Miami (OH)
- High school pipeline
- Woodward Career Technical · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 49 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 36 scrimmage yards · RB 416th (top 85%) · Mid-American 171st (top 73%) · National 1,650th (top 74%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 7 | 343 | 328 | 15 | 4 | 67.3 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 3 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 33.4 |
Related Context
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Erik Finklea played RB for Miami (OH). Across 4 tracked seasons, Erik Finklea recorded 350 rushing yards, 29 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Miami (OH).
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Miami (OH) paired 343 primary output with 32.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 32.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Army
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
49
Efficiency
32.5
Usage
25.2
Consistency
64.7
Best Game by takeover score
Army
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 71. Minnesota: 69. Bowling Green: 25. Cincinnati: 18. Army: 90. Kent State: 68. Toledo: 2
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. Missouri: 19 by 38.9. Minnesota: 17 by 39.4. Bowling Green: 9 by 28.9. Cincinnati: 12 by 15.6. Army: 17 by 55.1. Kent State: 18 by 39.4. Toledo: 2 by 10.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins79 · Games = 2 · +42 vs Losses
Losses37 · Games = 5 · -42 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Army
Best efficiency game
55.1 vs Army
Player Story
Erik Finklea story
Erik Finklea built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 49, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Erik Finklea's career was his backfield work: 350 rushing yards, 99 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 29 receiving yards across 10 career games in the available record. His career also includes 29 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Erik Finklea's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Miami (OH)
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 343 | 32.5 | 25.2 | 343 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 36 | 35 | 5.2 | -307 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Army
Week 6 · W 35-28
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90
Scrimmage Yards
80.7 takeover
90 scrimmage yards and 30.4 usage.
#2
@ Minnesota
Week 3 · L 23-29
69
Scrimmage Yards
72 takeover
Loss with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
69 scrimmage yards and 35.4 usage.
#3
@ Kent State
Week 7 · W 9-3 · Conference game
68
Scrimmage Yards
71.7 takeover
Win with 68 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
68 scrimmage yards and 39.1 usage.
#4
@ Missouri
Week 1 · L 6-17
71
Scrimmage Yards
68.4 takeover
Loss with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
71 scrimmage yards and 30.6 usage.
#5
@ Akron
Week 5 · W 56-49 · Conference game
16
Scrimmage Yards
55.8 takeover
Win with 16 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
16 scrimmage yards and 4.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
343 primary output · 32.5 efficiency · 25.2 usage
67.3
#2
2012 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
33.4
36 primary · 35 efficiency · 5.2 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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