Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2012Northern Illinois
Leighton Settle
RB • 5'9" • Madison, WI, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Leighton Settle leans balanced backfield option traits and 42 efficiency.
Impact Production
55
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Player Story
Leighton Settle built his college career from 2011 through 2012 as a running back from Madison, WI wearing No. 23, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Leighton Settle's career was his backfield...
Read the storyLeighton Settle, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Leighton Settle leans balanced backfield option traits and 42 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 571
- Rushing yards
- 537
- Receiving yards
- 34
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Leighton Settle quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 571
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Central Michigan
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 473 scrimmage yards · RB 174th (top 36%) · Mid-American 44th (top 19%) · National 472nd (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 98 | 84 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 8 | 473 | 453 | 20 | 5 | 63.6 |
Related Context
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Leighton Settle played RB for Northern Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Leighton Settle recorded 537 rushing yards, 34 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 473 primary output with 42 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 42 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
59.1
Efficiency
42
Usage
21.5
Consistency
50.8
Best Game by takeover score
Central Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 47. UT Martin: 103. Army: 19. Kansas: 73. Central Michigan: 156. Ball State: 15. Buffalo: 10. Akron: 50
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 11 by 38.4. UT Martin: 22 by 51.1. Army: 5 by 39.6. Kansas: 18 by 41.9. Central Michigan: 24 by 68.4. Ball State: 11 by 14.2. Buffalo: 6 by 17.4. Akron: 8 by 65.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins60.9 · Games = 7 · +13.9 vs Losses
Losses47 · Games = 1 · -13.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Central Michigan
Best efficiency game
68.4 vs Central Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/20 | @ Akron | W 37-7 | 8 | 50 | 6.30 | 0 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Buffalo | W 45-3 | 6 | 10 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Ball State | W 35-23 | 11 | 15 | 1.40 | 1 | — | — | 1.4 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Central Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 55-24 | 23 | 152 | 6.60 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6.5 |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Kansas | W 30-23 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4.1 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Army | W 41-40 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs UT Martin100 rush yards | W 35-7 | 21 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4.7 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Iowa | L 17-18 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4.3 |
Player Story
Leighton Settle story
Leighton Settle built his college career from 2011 through 2012 as a running back from Madison, WI wearing No. 23, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Leighton Settle's career was his backfield work: 537 rushing yards, 117 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 34 receiving yards across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Northern Illinois. 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 34 receiving yards and 52 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Leighton Settle 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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Northern Illinois
2011-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 98 | 36.9 | 5.2 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 473 | 42 | 21.5 | 375 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Central Michigan
Week 5 · W 55-24 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
156
Scrimmage Yards
89.3 takeover
156 scrimmage yards and 34.8 usage.
#2
vs Western Michigan
Week 7 · W 51-22 · Conference game
66
Scrimmage Yards
72.6 takeover
Win with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
66 scrimmage yards and 6.2 usage.
#3
vs UT Martin
Week 2 · W 35-7
103
Scrimmage Yards
70.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
103 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.
#4
vs Kansas
Week 4 · W 30-23
73
Scrimmage Yards
55.2 takeover
Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 26.9 usage.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 1 · L 17-18
47
Scrimmage Yards
48.4 takeover
Loss with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
47 scrimmage yards and 26.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
473 primary output · 42 efficiency · 21.5 usage
63.6
#2
2011 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
23
98 primary · 36.9 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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