Player Dossier

2010-2013

Northwestern

Venric Mark

RB • 5'8" • Tomball, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Venric Mark leans balanced backfield option traits and 32.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

31

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

30

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: 2012 Postseason · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Player Story

Venric Mark built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a running back from Tomball, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Venric Mark's career was his backfield work: 1,630...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8544

St Pius X · Houston, TX

Committed To
Northwestern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Venric Mark, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Northwestern. Venric Mark leans balanced backfield option traits and 32.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,829
Rushing yards
1,630
Receiving yards
199
Touchdowns
17
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2013 · Northwestern · Player Highlight

Venric Mark college highlights at Northwestern.

Season
2013
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Venric Mark quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,829
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 40 games
Best season
2012 Postseason · Northwestern
Top game
Minnesota
Recruit profile
3-star · St Pius X · Northwestern
High school pipeline
St Pius X · 16 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2013
2013 Scrimmage yards rank
145 scrimmage yards · RB 333rd (top 64%) · Big Ten 108th (top 51%) · National 1,141st (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2010 PostseasonNorthwestern11332211022.6
2010 Regular SeasonNorthwestern11734132122.6
2011 PostseasonNorthwestern13770120.7
2011 Regular SeasonNorthwestern13101974020.7
2012 PostseasonNorthwestern1359563181.5
2012 Regular SeasonNorthwestern131,4111,3101011481.5
2013 Regular SeasonNorthwestern31459748034.7

Related Context

Venric Mark played RB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Venric Mark recorded 1,630 rushing yards, 199 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason

Northwestern paired 1,470 primary output with 59.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 32.9 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: Ohio State

Loss with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Regular Season · Northwestern

Games

3

Scrimmage Yards / G

48.3

Efficiency

32.9

Usage

19.6

Consistency

40.2

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. California: 34. Ohio State: 103. Wisconsin: 8

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 12 by 28.3. Ohio State: 21 by 42.5. Wisconsin: 3 by 27.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins34 · Games = 1 · -21.5 vs Losses
Losses55.5 · Games = 2 · +21.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Ohio State

Result
Sat 10/12@ WisconsinL 6-35382.7002.7
Sun 10/6vs Ohio StateL 30-4017603.5004434.9
Sun 9/1@ CaliforniaW 44-3011292.600152.8

Player Story

Venric Mark story

Venric Mark built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a running back from Tomball, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Venric Mark's career was his backfield work: 1,630 rushing yards, 280 carries, 13 rushing touchdowns, and 199 receiving yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Northwestern. 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 199 receiving yards and 2,442 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.

The arc is straightforward: Venric Mark 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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    Northwestern

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2010201020112011201220122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 PostseasonNorthwestern10655.31.9
2010 Regular SeasonNorthwestern10655.31.90
2011 PostseasonNorthwestern10855.61.92
2011 Regular SeasonNorthwestern10855.61.90
2012 PostseasonNorthwestern1,47059.630.51,362
2012 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1,47059.630.50
2013 Regular SeasonNorthwestern14532.919.6-1,325

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Minnesota

Week 7 · W 21-13 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

182

Scrimmage Yards

96 takeover

182 scrimmage yards and 45.5 usage.

#2

vs Iowa

Week 9 · W 28-17 · Conference game

173

Scrimmage Yards

94.7 takeover

Win with 173 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

173 scrimmage yards and 34.6 usage.

#3

vs Ohio State

Week 6 · L 30-40 · Conference game

103

Scrimmage Yards

77.3 takeover

Loss with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

103 scrimmage yards and 31.3 usage.

#4

vs Indiana

Week 5 · W 44-29 · Conference game

147

Scrimmage Yards

76.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

147 scrimmage yards and 38.3 usage.

#5

vs Vanderbilt

Week 2 · W 23-13

137

Scrimmage Yards

76.7 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

137 scrimmage yards and 41 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Postseason · Northwestern

1,470 primary output · 59.6 efficiency · 30.5 usage

81.5

#2

2012 Regular Season · Northwestern

81.5

1,470 primary · 59.6 efficiency · 30.5 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Northwestern

34.7

145 primary · 32.9 efficiency · 19.6 usage

Milestones

8

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games