Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2015Florida State
Mario Pender
RB • 5'10" • Cape Coral, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Mario Pender leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Florida State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
Mario Pender built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Cape Coral, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Mario Pender's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Florida State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Mario Pender, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Florida State. Mario Pender leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 436
- Rushing yards
- 346
- Receiving yards
- 90
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Mario Pender quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 436
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · Florida State
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Island Coast · Florida State
- High school pipeline
- Island Coast · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 174 scrimmage yards · RB 339th (top 61%) · ACC 122nd (top 46%) · National 1,077th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Postseason | Florida State | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Florida State | 9 | 257 | 201 | 56 | 5 | 51.1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Florida State | 3 | 174 | 140 | 34 | 1 | 49.8 |
Related Context
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Mario Pender played RB for Florida State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mario Pender recorded 346 rushing yards, 90 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Florida State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
Florida State paired 262 primary output with 40.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Win with 126 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Florida State
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
58
Efficiency
45.7
Usage
18.8
Consistency
33.4
Best Game by takeover score
Texas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 126. South Florida: 29. Boston College: 19
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 17 by 72. South Florida: 7 by 43.2. Boston College: 9 by 22
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half77.5 · Games = 2 · +58.5 vs Second Half
Second Half19 · Games = 1 · -58.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas State
Best efficiency game
72 vs Texas State
Player Story
Mario Pender story
Mario Pender built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Cape Coral, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Mario Pender's career was his backfield work: 346 rushing yards, 71 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 90 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 90 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Mario Pender's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Florida State
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | Florida State | 262 | 40.9 | 10.6 | 262 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Florida State | 262 | 40.9 | 10.6 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Florida State | 174 | 45.7 | 18.8 | -88 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas State
Week 1 · W 59-16
Win with 126 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
126
Scrimmage Yards
81.9 takeover
126 scrimmage yards and 25.8 usage.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 6 · W 43-3 · Conference game
84
Scrimmage Yards
78.8 takeover
Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
84 scrimmage yards and 12.7 usage.
#3
@ Syracuse
Week 7 · W 38-20 · Conference game
61
Scrimmage Yards
59.5 takeover
Win with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
61 scrimmage yards and 18.5 usage.
#4
vs The Citadel
Week 2 · W 37-12
51
Scrimmage Yards
54.4 takeover
Win with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
51 scrimmage yards and 15.8 usage.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 1 · W 37-31
31
Scrimmage Yards
46.9 takeover
Win with 31 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
31 scrimmage yards and 7.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · Florida State
262 primary output · 40.9 efficiency · 10.6 usage
51.1
#2
2014 Regular Season · Florida State
51.1
262 primary · 40.9 efficiency · 10.6 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Florida State
49.8
174 primary · 45.7 efficiency · 18.8 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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