Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Rice
Darik Dillard
RB • 5'10" • San Antonio, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Darik Dillard leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
55
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Darik Dillard built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Darik Dillard's career was his backfield work: 2,198...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Darik Dillard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Rice. Darik Dillard leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,557
- Rushing yards
- 2,198
- Receiving yards
- 359
- Touchdowns
- 26
Quick Answers
Darik Dillard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,557
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 48 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · MacArthur · Rice
- High school pipeline
- MacArthur · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 503 scrimmage yards · RB 203rd (top 36%) · Conference USA 43rd (top 18%) · National 488th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Rice | 13 | 434 | 396 | 38 | 4 | 49.3 |
| 2014 Postseason | Rice | 13 | 58 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 67.6 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 13 | 757 | 651 | 106 | 11 | 67.6 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 805 | 698 | 107 | 6 | 69.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 10 | 503 | 452 | 51 | 4 | 55.8 |
Related Context
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Darik Dillard played RB for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darik Dillard recorded 2,198 rushing yards, 359 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Rice paired 805 primary output with 55.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 50.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Loss with 132 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Rice
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
50.3
Efficiency
50.4
Usage
17.4
Consistency
61.5
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 18. Army: 57. Baylor: 132. North Texas: 67. UTSA: 7. Prairie View A&M: 43. Louisiana Tech: 35. Charlotte: 33. UTEP: 47. Stanford: 64
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Kentucky: 11 by 20. Army: 9 by 67. Baylor: 15 by 86.7. North Texas: 19 by 36.7. UTSA: 2 by 36.5. Prairie View A&M: 12 by 37.3. Louisiana Tech: 9 by 40.5. Charlotte: 11 by 31.3. UTEP: 9 by 53.9. Stanford: 6 by 94.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins41 · Games = 3 · -13.3 vs Losses
Losses54.3 · Games = 7 · +13.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
94.4 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ Stanford | L 17-41 | 4 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs UTEP | W 44-24 | 7 | 36 | 5.10 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.2 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Charlotte | W 22-21 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 16-61 | 9 | 35 | 3.90 | 1 | — | — | 3.9 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Prairie View A&M | W 65-44 | 12 | 43 | 3.60 | 0 | — | — | 3.6 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs UTSA | L 13-14 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs North Texas2+ TD | L 35-42 | 19 | 67 | 3.50 | 2 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Baylor100 rush yards | L 10-38 | 14 | 124 | 8.90 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.8 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Army | L 14-31 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6.3 |
| Fri 9/2 | @ Western Kentucky | L 14-46 | 9 | 19 | 2.10 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1.6 |
Player Story
Darik Dillard story
Darik Dillard built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Darik Dillard's career was his backfield work: 2,198 rushing yards, 446 carries, 22 rushing touchdowns, and 359 receiving yards across 48 career games in the available record. His career also includes 359 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 84 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Darik Dillard'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
Rice
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201220132014201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Rice | 434 | 51.1 | 10.3 | 434 |
| 2014 Postseason | Rice | 815 | 50.9 | 19.9 | 381 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 815 | 50.9 | 19.9 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 805 | 55.4 | 19.4 | -10 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 503 | 50.4 | 17.4 | -302 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Baylor
Week 3 · L 10-38
Loss with 132 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
132
Scrimmage Yards
90.2 takeover
132 scrimmage yards and 29.4 usage.
#2
vs Hawai'i
Week 6 · W 28-14
142
Scrimmage Yards
87.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
142 scrimmage yards and 45.3 usage.
#3
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 6 · W 27-26 · Conference game
150
Scrimmage Yards
84.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
150 scrimmage yards and 36.1 usage.
#4
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 5 · W 18-14 · Conference game
62
Scrimmage Yards
69.5 takeover
Win with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#5
vs North Texas
Week 9 · W 41-21 · Conference game
91
Scrimmage Yards
67.3 takeover
Win with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
91 scrimmage yards and 25.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Rice
805 primary output · 55.4 efficiency · 19.4 usage
69.5
#2
2014 Postseason · Rice
67.6
815 primary · 50.9 efficiency · 19.9 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Rice
67.6
815 primary · 50.9 efficiency · 19.9 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
6
2+ TD games
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