Player Dossier

2009-2011

Penn State

Curtis Drake

WR • 5'11" • Philadelphia, PA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Curtis Drake reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

21

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

38

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.8289

West Philadelphia Catholic · Philadelphia, PA

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Curtis Drake, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Penn State. Curtis Drake reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
200
Receptions
13
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Curtis Drake quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
200
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Wisconsin
Recruit profile
3-star · West Philadelphia Catholic · Penn State
High school pipeline
West Philadelphia Catholic · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Class 2011
2011 Receiving yards rank
102 receiving yards · WR 534th (top 66%) · Big Ten 81st (top 47%) · National 826th (top 48%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2009 PostseasonPenn State6112061.4
2009 Regular SeasonPenn State6786161.4
2010 Regular SeasonPenn State0-00-
2011 Regular SeasonPenn State55102169.6

Related Context

Curtis Drake played WR for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Curtis Drake recorded 30 passing yards, 76 rushing yards, and 200 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

Penn State paired 102 primary output with 93.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 93.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2011 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

20.4

Efficiency

93.3

Usage

8.6

Consistency

56.4

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 17. Northwestern: 11. Nebraska: 31. Ohio State: 0. Wisconsin: 43

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. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 100. Northwestern: 1 by 73.3. Nebraska: 1 by 100. Wisconsin: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins9.3 · Games = 3 · -27.7 vs Losses
Losses37 · Games = 2 · +27.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

100 vs Wisconsin

Result
Sat 11/26@ WisconsinL 7-4524315.721.50144
Sat 11/19@ Ohio StateW 20-1416.7
Sat 11/12vs NebraskaL 14-171313131031
Sat 10/22@ NorthwesternW 34-241111111011
Sat 9/24vs Eastern MichiganW 34-61177.517017

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Penn State

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonPenn State9875.66.8
2009 Regular SeasonPenn State9875.66.80
2010 Regular SeasonPenn State0-98
2011 Regular SeasonPenn State10293.38.6102

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wisconsin

Week 13 · L 7-45 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

43

Receiving Yards

86.9 takeover

43 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Indiana

Week 11 · W 31-20 · Conference game

34

Receiving Yards

79.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

34 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Nebraska

Week 11 · L 14-17 · Conference game

31

Receiving Yards

63.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

31 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Michigan State

Week 12 · W 42-14 · Conference game

22

Receiving Yards

57.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

22 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 4 · W 34-6

17

Receiving Yards

51.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

17 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · Penn State

102 primary output · 93.3 efficiency · 8.6 usage

69.6

#2

2009 Postseason · Penn State

61.4

98 primary · 75.6 efficiency · 6.8 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Penn State

61.4

98 primary · 75.6 efficiency · 6.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games