Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2013California
Darren Ervin
RB • 5'10" • Houston, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Darren Ervin leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
Darren Ervin built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 34, spending time with California. The clearest part of Darren Ervin's career was his backfield work: 124...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Darren Ervin, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · California. Darren Ervin leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 140
- Rushing yards
- 124
- Receiving yards
- 16
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Darren Ervin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 140
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Oregon State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lamar · California
- High school pipeline
- Lamar · 39 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Class 2013
- 2013 Scrimmage yards rank
- 140 scrimmage yards · RB 337th (top 65%) · Pac-12 117th (top 52%) · National 1,154th (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | California | 6 | 140 | 124 | 16 | 1 | 55 |
Related Context
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Darren Ervin played RB for California. Across 3 tracked seasons, Darren Ervin recorded 124 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
California paired 140 primary output with 33.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 33.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Loss with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · California
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
23.3
Efficiency
33.7
Usage
10.1
Consistency
57.5
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Portland State: 2. Oregon: 4. Oregon State: 47. Washington: 42. Arizona: 27. USC: 18
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Portland State: 1 by 20.8. Oregon: 1 by 33.3. Oregon State: 12 by 39. Washington: 12 by 37.7. Arizona: 7 by 40.2. USC: 6 by 31.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 1 · -25.6 vs Losses
Losses27.6 · Games = 5 · +25.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
40.2 vs Arizona
Player Story
Darren Ervin story
Darren Ervin built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 34, spending time with California. The clearest part of Darren Ervin's career was his backfield work: 124 rushing yards, 35 carries, and 16 receiving yards across 6 career games in the available record. His career also includes 16 receiving yards and 100 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Darren Ervin'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.
- 1
California
2011-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201120122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | California | 140 | 33.7 | 10.1 | 140 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oregon State
Week 8 · L 17-49 · Conference game
Loss with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
47
Scrimmage Yards
64.8 takeover
47 scrimmage yards and 19.4 usage.
#2
@ Washington
Week 9 · L 17-41 · Conference game
42
Scrimmage Yards
60.5 takeover
Loss with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
42 scrimmage yards and 19 usage.
#3
vs Arizona
Week 10 · L 28-33 · Conference game
27
Scrimmage Yards
43.7 takeover
Loss with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
27 scrimmage yards and 11.7 usage.
#4
vs USC
Week 11 · L 28-62 · Conference game
18
Scrimmage Yards
30.3 takeover
Loss with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
18 scrimmage yards and 7.5 usage.
#5
@ Oregon
Week 5 · L 16-55 · Conference game
4
Scrimmage Yards
15.3 takeover
Loss with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
4 scrimmage yards and 1.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · California
140 primary output · 33.7 efficiency · 10.1 usage
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#2
2011 Regular Season · California
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · California
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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