Player Dossier

2011-2015

Fresno State

Dustin Garrison

RB • 5'9" • Pearland, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Dustin Garrison leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
West Virginia • Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Dustin Garrison built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from Pearland, TX wearing No. 26, spending time with Fresno State and West Virginia. The clearest part of Dustin Garrison's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.7878

Pearland · Brownsville, TX

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Dustin Garrison, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · West Virginia. Dustin Garrison leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,622
Rushing yards
1,354
Receiving yards
268
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Dustin Garrison quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,622
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 40 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · West Virginia
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
2-star · Pearland · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Pearland · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 26 · Class 2015
2015 Scrimmage yards rank
303 scrimmage yards · RB 261st (top 47%) · Mountain West 68th (top 30%) · National 758th (top 32%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonWest Virginia11943742201670.2
2012 Regular SeasonWest Virginia925020743235.4
2013 Regular SeasonWest Virginia219190029.5
2014 Regular SeasonWest Virginia71079215027.9
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State113032949236.7

Related Context

Dustin Garrison played RB for West Virginia and Fresno State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dustin Garrison recorded 1,354 rushing yards, 268 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

West Virginia paired 943 primary output with 53 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 47.5 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, Fresno State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Loss with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Fresno State

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

27.5

Efficiency

47.5

Usage

9.6

Consistency

39.6

Best Game by takeover score

Air Force

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Abilene Christian: 33. Ole Miss: 22. Utah: 12. San José State: 0. San Diego State: 19. Utah State: 5. Air Force: 63. Nevada: 8. Hawai'i: 66. BYU: 12. Colorado State: 63

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Abilene Christian: 10 by 34.4. Ole Miss: 9 by 25.5. Utah: 5 by 25. San Diego State: 7 by 23.8. Utah State: 2 by 26. Air Force: 2 by 100. Nevada: 2 by 41.7. Hawai'i: 12 by 57.3. BYU: 3 by 41.7. Colorado State: 4 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins49.5 · Games = 2 · +26.8 vs Losses
Losses22.7 · Games = 9 · -26.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Air Force

Best efficiency game

100 vs Colorado State

Result
Sun 11/29vs Colorado StateL 31-3446315.80115.8
Sat 11/21@ BYUL 10-52312404
Sun 11/15@ Hawai'iW 42-1412665.5005.5
Fri 11/6vs NevadaL 16-3028404
Sat 10/24@ Air ForceL 14-4226331.50131.5
Sun 10/11vs Utah StateL 14-56252.5002.5
Sun 10/4@ San Diego StateL 7-2151020292.7
Sun 9/27@ San José StateL 23-49
Sun 9/20vs UtahL 24-455122.4002.4
Sat 9/12@ Ole MissL 21-739222.4002.4
Fri 9/4vs Abilene ChristianW 34-1310333.3003.3

Player Story

Dustin Garrison story

Dustin Garrison built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from Pearland, TX wearing No. 26, spending time with Fresno State and West Virginia. The clearest part of Dustin Garrison's career was his backfield work: 1,354 rushing yards, 260 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 268 receiving yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with West Virginia. 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 268 receiving yards and 56 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Fresno State and West Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Dustin Garrison 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.

  1. 1

    West Virginia

    2011-2014

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Fresno State

    2015

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20112012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonWest Virginia9435325.4
2012 Regular SeasonWest Virginia25044.19.8-693
2013 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1943.54.2-231
2014 Regular SeasonWest Virginia10744.24.488
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State30347.59.6196

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Bowling Green

Week 5 · W 55-10

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

295

Scrimmage Yards

95.4 takeover

295 scrimmage yards and 53.1 usage.

#2

vs Kansas State

Week 8 · L 14-55 · Conference game

84

Scrimmage Yards

79.6 takeover

Loss with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

84 scrimmage yards and 26 usage.

#3

@ Air Force

Week 8 · L 14-42 · Conference game

63

Scrimmage Yards

71.4 takeover

Loss with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

63 scrimmage yards and 6.5 usage.

#4

vs Colorado State

Week 13 · L 31-34 · Conference game

63

Scrimmage Yards

71.2 takeover

Loss with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

63 scrimmage yards and 6.3 usage.

#5

@ Hawai'i

Week 11 · W 42-14 · Conference game

66

Scrimmage Yards

68.7 takeover

Win with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

66 scrimmage yards and 17.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · West Virginia

943 primary output · 53 efficiency · 25.4 usage

70.2

#2

2015 Regular Season · Fresno State

36.7

303 primary · 47.5 efficiency · 9.6 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · West Virginia

35.4

250 primary · 44.1 efficiency · 9.8 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games