Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Oklahoma State
Barry Sanders
RB • 5'10" • Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Barry Sanders leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
11
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Stanford • Oklahoma State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Army
Player Story
Barry Sanders built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Oklahoma City, OK wearing No. 26, spending time with Oklahoma State and Stanford. The clearest part of Barry Sanders' career was...
Read the storyBarry Sanders, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Stanford. Barry Sanders leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 899
- Rushing yards
- 765
- Receiving yards
- 134
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Barry Sanders quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oklahoma State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 899
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 9 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · Stanford
- Top game
- Army
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 138 scrimmage yards · RB 368th (top 65%) · Big 12 105th (top 53%) · National 1,191st (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Postseason | Stanford | 9 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 23.2 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Stanford | 9 | 62 | 42 | 20 | 1 | 23.2 |
| 2014 Postseason | Stanford | 13 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 50.6 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Stanford | 13 | 335 | 304 | 31 | 0 | 50.6 |
| 2015 Postseason | Stanford | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.4 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Stanford | 11 | 324 | 313 | 11 | 4 | 48.4 |
| 2016 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 13 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 13 | 127 | 82 | 45 | 2 | 30.5 |
Related Context
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Barry Sanders played RB for Stanford and Oklahoma State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Barry Sanders recorded 765 rushing yards, 134 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
Stanford paired 362 primary output with 43.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Stanford, Oklahoma State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Win with 97 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2015 Postseason · Stanford
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
29.6
Efficiency
45.1
Usage
8.1
Consistency
35.4
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. Iowa: 2. Northwestern: 9. UCF: 39. USC: 12. Oregon State: 97. Arizona: 76. UCLA: 39. Washington: 30. Colorado: 18. California: 3. USC: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 2 by 10.4. Northwestern: 2 by 46.9. UCF: 8 by 50.8. USC: 3 by 41.7. Oregon State: 7 by 100. Arizona: 4 by 100. UCLA: 10 by 40.6. Washington: 8 by 32.6. Colorado: 6 by 31.3. California: 1 by 31.3. USC: 1 by 10.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins31.7 · Games = 10 · +22.7 vs Losses
Losses9 · Games = 1 · -22.7 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
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Arizona
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/1 | @ Iowa | W 45-16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sun 12/6 | vs USC | W 41-22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sun 11/22 | vs California | W 35-22 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Colorado | W 42-10 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sun 10/25 | vs Washington | W 31-14 | 7 | 19 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3.8 |
| Fri 10/16 | vs UCLA | W 56-35 | 10 | 39 | 3.90 | 0 | — | — | 3.9 |
| Sun 10/4 | vs Arizona | W 55-17 | 4 | 76 | 19 | 1 | — | — | 19 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Oregon State2+ TD | W 42-24 | 7 | 97 | 13.90 | 2 | — | — | 13.9 |
| Sun 9/20 | @ USC | W 41-31 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sun 9/13 | vs UCF | W 31-7 | 8 | 39 | 4.90 | 1 | — | — | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ Northwestern | L 6-16 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | — | — | 4.5 |
Player Story
Barry Sanders story
Barry Sanders built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Oklahoma City, OK wearing No. 26, spending time with Oklahoma State and Stanford. The clearest part of Barry Sanders' career was his backfield work: 765 rushing yards, 143 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 134 receiving yards across 46 career games in the available record. His career also includes 134 receiving yards and 630 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Barry Sanders' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Stanford
2012-2015
Opening stop
- 2
Oklahoma State
2016
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Postseason | Stanford | 73 | 51.4 | 1.9 | 73 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Stanford | 73 | 51.4 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | Stanford | 362 | 43.6 | 9.4 | 289 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Stanford | 362 | 43.6 | 9.4 | 0 |
| 2015 Postseason | Stanford | 326 | 45.1 | 8.1 | -36 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Stanford | 326 | 45.1 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 138 | 37.1 | 4.5 | -188 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 138 | 37.1 | 4.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Army
Week 3 · W 35-0
Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
80.7 takeover
92 scrimmage yards and 17.3 usage.
#2
@ Oregon State
Week 4 · W 42-24 · Conference game
97
Scrimmage Yards
78.6 takeover
Win with 97 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
97 scrimmage yards and 12.5 usage.
#3
@ Washington State
Week 5 · W 55-17 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
73.4 takeover
Win with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
50 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.
#4
@ Kansas State
Week 10 · W 43-37 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
71 takeover
Win with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
34 scrimmage yards and 5.5 usage.
#5
vs Washington State
Week 7 · W 34-17 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
69.9 takeover
Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 14.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · Stanford
362 primary output · 43.6 efficiency · 9.4 usage
50.6
#2
2014 Regular Season · Stanford
50.6
362 primary · 43.6 efficiency · 9.4 usage
#3
2015 Postseason · Stanford
48.4
326 primary · 45.1 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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