Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2013Notre Dame
George Atkinson III
RB • 6'1" • Stockton, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
George Atkinson III leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Player Story
George Atkinson III built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Stockton, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of George Atkinson III's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
George Atkinson III, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Notre Dame. George Atkinson III leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,008
- Rushing yards
- 943
- Receiving yards
- 65
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
George Atkinson III quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,008
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Granada · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Granada · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2013
- 2013 Scrimmage yards rank
- 606 scrimmage yards · RB 138th (top 27%) · FBS Independents 13th (top 12%) · National 340th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Notre Dame | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 11 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 14.8 |
| 2012 Postseason | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 365 | 361 | 4 | 5 | 40.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 606 | 555 | 51 | 3 | 67.1 |
Related Context
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George Atkinson III played RB for Notre Dame. Across 3 tracked seasons, George Atkinson III recorded 943 rushing yards, 65 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Notre Dame paired 606 primary output with 58.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 58.1 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: Oklahoma
Loss with 143 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
50.5
Efficiency
58.1
Usage
17.7
Consistency
59.7
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Temple: 45. Michigan: 53. Purdue: 38. Michigan State: 40. Oklahoma: 143. Arizona State: 54. USC: 40. Air Force: 19. Navy: 74. Pittsburgh: 57. BYU: 42. Stanford: 1
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. Temple: 9 by 47.4. Michigan: 6 by 83.1. Purdue: 6 by 60.1. Michigan State: 8 by 44.8. Oklahoma: 15 by 89.7. Arizona State: 18 by 31.3. USC: 8 by 52.1. Air Force: 7 by 30.1. Navy: 7 by 94. Pittsburgh: 6 by 89.6. BYU: 6 by 72.9. Stanford: 4 by 2.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins44 · Games = 8 · -19.5 vs Losses
Losses63.5 · Games = 4 · +19.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
94 vs Navy
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ Stanford | L 20-27 | 4 | 1 | 0.30 | 0 | — | — | 0.3 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs BYU | W 23-13 | 6 | 42 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Pittsburgh | L 21-28 | 6 | 57 | 9.50 | 0 | — | — | 9.5 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Navy | W 38-34 | 7 | 74 | 10.60 | 1 | — | — | 10.6 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Air Force | W 45-10 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs USC | W 14-10 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Arizona State | W 37-34 | 18 | 54 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Oklahoma100 rush yards | L 21-35 | 14 | 148 | 10.60 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 9.5 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Michigan State | W 17-13 | 6 | 23 | 3.80 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 |
| Sun 9/15 | @ Purdue | W 31-24 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6.3 |
| Sun 9/8 | @ Michigan | L 30-41 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8.8 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Temple | W 28-6 | 8 | 34 | 4.30 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
Player Story
George Atkinson III story
George Atkinson III built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a running back from Stockton, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of George Atkinson III's career was his backfield work: 943 rushing yards, 153 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 65 receiving yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Notre Dame. 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 65 receiving yards and 2,136 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.
The arc is straightforward: George Atkinson III 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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Notre Dame
2011-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Notre Dame | 37 | 42.4 | 1.7 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 37 | 42.4 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | Notre Dame | 365 | 50.4 | 8 | 328 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 365 | 50.4 | 8 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 606 | 58.1 | 17.7 | 241 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oklahoma
Week 5 · L 21-35
Loss with 143 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
143
Scrimmage Yards
96.6 takeover
143 scrimmage yards and 40.5 usage.
#2
vs Miami
Week 6 · W 41-3
123
Scrimmage Yards
80.3 takeover
Win with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
123 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.
#3
@ Navy
Week 1 · W 50-10 · Conference game
99
Scrimmage Yards
72.6 takeover
Win with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
99 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.
#4
vs Navy
Week 10 · W 38-34 · Conference game
74
Scrimmage Yards
63.4 takeover
Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
74 scrimmage yards and 15.6 usage.
#5
vs Navy
Week 9 · W 56-14 · Conference game
26
Scrimmage Yards
58.6 takeover
Win with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
26 scrimmage yards and 13 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Notre Dame
606 primary output · 58.1 efficiency · 17.7 usage
67.1
#2
2012 Postseason · Notre Dame
40.3
365 primary · 50.4 efficiency · 8 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Notre Dame
40.3
365 primary · 50.4 efficiency · 8 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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