Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2013Mississippi State
Derrick Milton
RB • 6'0" • Pineville, LA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Derrick Milton leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
43
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Jackson State
Player Story
Derrick Milton built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Pineville, LA wearing No. 28, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Derrick Milton's career was his backfield...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Derrick Milton, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Derrick Milton leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 251
- Rushing yards
- 234
- Receiving yards
- 17
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Derrick Milton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 251
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Jackson State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hargrave Military Academy · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Hargrave Military Academy · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2013
- 2013 Scrimmage yards rank
- 83 scrimmage yards · RB 388th (top 75%) · SEC 163rd (top 59%) · National 1,410th (top 61%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 10 | 168 | 165 | 3 | 2 | 45.5 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 5 | 83 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 31.2 |
Related Context
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Derrick Milton played RB for Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Derrick Milton recorded 234 rushing yards, 17 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 168 primary output with 40.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 38.9 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: Nebraska
Game with 23 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
5
Scrimmage Yards / G
16.6
Efficiency
38.9
Usage
4.6
Consistency
23.4
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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All Games23 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
32.4 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/6 | @ Nebraska | — | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.3 |
Player Story
Derrick Milton story
Derrick Milton built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Pineville, LA wearing No. 28, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Derrick Milton's career was his backfield work: 234 rushing yards, 47 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 17 receiving yards across 16 career games in the available record. His career also includes 17 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Derrick Milton'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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Mississippi State
2011-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201120122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 168 | 40.4 | 6.7 | 168 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 83 | 38.9 | 4.6 | -85 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Jackson State
Week 1 · W 56-9
Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65
Scrimmage Yards
75.4 takeover
65 scrimmage yards and 14.8 usage.
#2
vs Troy
Week 4 · W 62-7
56
Scrimmage Yards
72.4 takeover
Win with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
56 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.
#3
@ Nebraska
Week 2
23
Scrimmage Yards
66.2 takeover
Game with 23 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
23 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#4
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 8 · W 45-3
38
Scrimmage Yards
58.3 takeover
Win with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
38 scrimmage yards and 5.7 usage.
#5
vs South Alabama
Week 4 · W 30-10
38
Scrimmage Yards
51.4 takeover
Win with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
38 scrimmage yards and 13.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Mississippi State
168 primary output · 40.4 efficiency · 6.7 usage
45.5
#2
2013 Regular Season · Mississippi State
31.2
83 primary · 38.9 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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