Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2015USC
Soma Vainuku
FB • 6'0" • Eureka, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Soma Vainuku leans balanced backfield option traits and 20.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
1
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
4★
- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
Soma Vainuku, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · USC. Soma Vainuku leans balanced backfield option traits and 20.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 272
- Rushing yards
- 148
- Receiving yards
- 124
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Soma Vainuku quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 272
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2013 Postseason · USC
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Eureka · USC
- High school pipeline
- Eureka · 3 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 4 scrimmage yards · FB 55th (top 89%) · Pac-12 220th (top 98%) · National 2,321st (top 97%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | USC | 9 | 76 | 26 | 50 | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2013 Postseason | USC | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 2013 Regular Season | USC | 7 | 144 | 70 | 74 | 2 | 52 |
| 2014 Regular Season | USC | 5 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 27.8 |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16.2 |
Related Context
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Soma Vainuku played FB for USC. Across 6 tracked seasons, Soma Vainuku recorded 148 rushing yards, 124 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason
USC paired 152 primary output with 68 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 20.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · USC
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
1.3
Efficiency
20.9
Usage
1.1
Consistency
38.3
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 3. Utah: 1. Oregon: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Wins2 · Games = 2 · +2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -2 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
31.3 vs Arkansas State
Career Arc
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USC
2010-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | USC | 76 | 45.1 | 3.2 | 76 |
| 2013 Postseason | USC | 152 | 68 | 4.2 | 76 |
| 2013 Regular Season | USC | 152 | 68 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | USC | 40 | 44.4 | 2.2 | -112 |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 4 | 20.9 | 1.1 | -36 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Colorado
Week 13 · W 47-29 · Conference game
Win with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
77 takeover
81 scrimmage yards and 11.5 usage.
#2
vs Hawai'i
Week 1 · W 49-10
23
Scrimmage Yards
69.2 takeover
Win with 23 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
23 scrimmage yards and 4.1 usage.
#3
vs Fresno State
Week 1 · W 52-13
24
Scrimmage Yards
68.8 takeover
Win with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
24 scrimmage yards and 2.2 usage.
#4
@ Boston College
Week 3 · L 31-37
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Scrimmage Yards
48.8 takeover
Loss with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
11 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.
#5
vs Arkansas State
Week 1 · W 55-6
3
Scrimmage Yards
45.6 takeover
Win with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
3 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Postseason · USC
152 primary output · 68 efficiency · 4.2 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · USC
52
152 primary · 68 efficiency · 4.2 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · USC
38.3
76 primary · 45.1 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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