Usage Score
23.3
Player Dossier
2012-2015Rutgers
Desmon Peoples
RB • 5'8" • Cheltenham, PA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Desmon Peoples leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Efficiency
37.9
Consistency
55.2
Season Value
53.9
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season · Rutgers
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- Rutgers
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Desmon Peoples, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season · Rutgers. Desmon Peoples leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Desmon Peoples played RB for Rutgers. Across 4 tracked seasons, Desmon Peoples recorded 463 rushing yards, 135 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Rutgers.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Rutgers paired 579 primary output with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Rutgers
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
57.9
Efficiency
37.9
Usage
23.3
Consistency
55.2
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 36. Unknown: 66. Penn State: 32. Navy: 113. Tulane: 133. Michigan: 77. Ohio State: 83. Nebraska: 33. Wisconsin: 9. Indiana: -3
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. Washington State: 8 by 46.9. Unknown: 12 by 54.2. Penn State: 8 by 41.7. Navy: 21 by 49.4. Tulane: 23 by 48.8. Michigan: 17 by 34.7. Ohio State: 15 by 57.6. Nebraska: 13 by 27.2. Wisconsin: 5 by 18.8. Indiana: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
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Wins71.2 · Games = 5 · +32.0 vs Losses
Losses39.3 · Games = 4 · -32.0 vs Wins
First Half76 · Games = 5 · +36.2 vs Second Half
Second Half39.8 · Games = 5 · -36.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tulane
Best efficiency game
57.6 vs Ohio State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/15 | vs Indiana | W 45-23 | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Wisconsin | L 0-37 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Nebraska | L 24-42 | 12 | 32 | 2.70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Ohio State2+ TD | L 17-56 | 15 | 83 | 5.50 | 2 | — | — | 5.5 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Michigan | W 26-24 | 15 | 38 | 2.50 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Tulane | W 31-6 | 21 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 5.8 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Navy | W 31-24 | 19 | 82 | 4.30 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 5.4 |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Penn State | L 10-13 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Unknown | — | 11 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Washington State | W 41-38 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 0 | — | — | 4.5 |
Career Arc
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Rutgers
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Progression
2012201320142015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Rutgers | 19 | 19.8 | 5.4 | 19 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rutgers | 579 | 37.9 | 23.3 | 560 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | -579 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Tulane
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
133
Primary metric
133 scrimmage yards and 45.1 usage.
#2
Navy
113
Primary metric
Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
113 scrimmage yards and 31.8 usage.
#3
Unknown
19
Primary metric
Game with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
19 scrimmage yards and 7.4 usage.
#4
Ohio State
83
Primary metric
Loss with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
83 scrimmage yards and 26.8 usage.
#5
Unknown
66
Primary metric
Game with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
66 scrimmage yards and 23.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2014 Regular Season · Rutgers
579 primary output · 37.9 efficiency · 23.3 usage
53.9
#2
2013 Regular Season · Rutgers
19.6
19 primary · 19.8 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Rutgers
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2012 · Rating 0.8629
Archbishop Wood · Warminster, PA
- Committed To
- Rutgers
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Career Facts
1
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
598
Career Scrimmage Yards
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 12 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.