Usage / Role
61%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2010-2014Eastern Michigan
Rob Bolden
QB • 6'3" • Orchard Lake, MI, USA
Pass-first distributorVolume operator
Rob Bolden is a pass-first distributor with 28.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
6
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Penn State • Eastern Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
Rob Bolden built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a quarterback from Orchard Lake, MI wearing No. 1, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Penn State. The clearest part of Rob Bolden's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
Rob Bolden, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Penn State. Rob Bolden is a pass-first distributor with 28.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 2,555
- Passing yards
- 2,444
- Rushing yards
- 111
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
Rob Bolden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Michigan · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 2,555
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · St. Mary's · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- St. Mary's · 30 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2014
- 2014 Total offense rank
- 483 total offense · QB 172nd (top 55%) · Mid-American 31st (top 24%) · National 354th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 1,349 | 1,360 | -11 | 6 | 61.4 |
| 2011 Postseason | Penn State | 10 | 153 | 137 | 16 | 1 | 42.2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 570 | 548 | 22 | 1 | 42.2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 483 | 399 | 84 | 4 | 47.1 |
Related Context
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Rob Bolden played QB for Penn State and Eastern Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Rob Bolden recorded 2,444 passing yards, 111 rushing yards, and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Penn State paired 1,349 primary output with 55 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 45.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Eastern Michigan.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Win with 115 yards of offense and 65.6 efficiency. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Postseason · Penn State
Games
10
Primary Metric / G
72.3
Efficiency
45.9
Usage
7.9
Consistency
51.8
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Houston: 153. Indiana State: 33. Alabama: 169. Temple: 79. Eastern Michigan: 115. Indiana: 67. Iowa: 44. Purdue: 50. Illinois: -9. Wisconsin: 22
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Houston: 32 by 37.8. Indiana State: 16 by 43.9. Alabama: 33 by 57. Temple: 18 by 43.6. Eastern Michigan: 13 by 65.6. Indiana: 18 by 38.5. Iowa: 10 by 55.8. Purdue: 10 by 53.5. Illinois: 6 by 25. Wisconsin: 8 by 38.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins54.1 · Games = 7 · -60.5 vs Losses
Losses114.7 · Games = 3 · +60.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
65.6 vs Eastern Michigan
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1/2 | vs Houston | L 14-30 | 7 | 26 | 137 | 26.9 | 1 | 3 | 37.8 | 6 | 16 | 2.70 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 11/26 | @ Wisconsin | L 7-45 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Illinois | W 10-7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | -9 | -4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Purdue | W 23-18 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 53.5 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Iowa | W 13-3 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 55.8 | 3 | 13 | 4.30 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Indiana | W 16-10 | 6 | 14 | 67 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 38.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 34-6 | 7 | 13 | 115 | 53.8 | 1 | 1 | 65.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Temple | W 14-10 | 9 | 17 | 92 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | 43.6 | 1 | -13 | -13 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Alabama | L 11-27 | 11 | 29 | 144 | 37.9 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 25 | 6.30 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Indiana State | W 41-7 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 43.9 | 4 | -4 | -1 | 0 | 11 |
Player Story
Rob Bolden story
Rob Bolden built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a quarterback from Orchard Lake, MI wearing No. 1, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Penn State. The clearest part of Rob Bolden's career was his passing role: 2,444 passing yards, 11 touchdown passes, 423 attempts, and 111 rushing yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Penn State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 111 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Eastern Michigan and Penn State.
The arc is straightforward: Rob Bolden 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Penn State
2010-2011
Opening stop
- 2
Eastern Michigan
2014
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Penn State | 1,349 | 55 | 10.4 | — |
| 2011 Postseason | Penn State | 723 | 45.9 | 7.9 | -626 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Penn State | 723 | 45.9 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 483 | 40.5 | 28.8 | -240 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Akron
Week 6 · L 6-31 · Conference game
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
201
Total Offense
80.2 takeover
201 total offense with 48 efficiency.
#2
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 4 · W 34-6
115
Total Offense
66.8 takeover
Win with 115 yards of offense and 65.6 efficiency.
115 total offense with 65.6 efficiency.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 3 · W 24-0
250
Total Offense
64.5 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
250 total offense with 70.7 efficiency.
#4
vs Alabama
Week 2 · L 11-27
169
Total Offense
62.2 takeover
Loss with 169 yards of offense and 57 efficiency.
169 total offense with 57 efficiency.
#5
vs Central Michigan
Week 10 · L 7-38 · Conference game
71
Total Offense
57.5 takeover
Loss with 71 yards of offense and 37.3 efficiency.
71 total offense with 37.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Penn State
1,349 primary output · 55 efficiency · 10.4 usage
61.4
#2
2014 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
47.1
483 primary · 40.5 efficiency · 28.8 usage
#3
2011 Postseason · Penn State
42.2
723 primary · 45.9 efficiency · 7.9 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
5
Above avg efficiency
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