Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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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.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Rutgers
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Rutgers
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Player Story
Desmon Peoples built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Cheltenham, PA wearing No. 6, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Desmon Peoples' career was his backfield work: 463...
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- Committed To
- Rutgers
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Desmon Peoples, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Rutgers. Desmon Peoples leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 598
- Rushing yards
- 463
- Receiving yards
- 135
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Desmon Peoples quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rutgers · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 598
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Rutgers
- Top game
- Tulane
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Archbishop Wood · Rutgers
- High school pipeline
- Archbishop Wood · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Rutgers | 2 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 22.1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rutgers | 10 | 579 | 447 | 132 | 3 | 64.9 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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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
Tulane
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 36. Howard: 66. Penn State: 32. Navy: 113. Tulane: 133. Michigan: 77. Ohio State: 83. Nebraska: 33. Wisconsin: 9. Indiana: -3
Volume vs Efficiency
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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. Howard: 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
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins70.3 · Games = 6 · +31.1 vs Losses
Losses39.3 · Games = 4 · -31.1 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
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 Howard | W 38-25 | 11 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Washington State | W 41-38 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 0 | — | — | 4.5 |
Player Story
Desmon Peoples story
Desmon Peoples built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Cheltenham, PA wearing No. 6, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Desmon Peoples' career was his backfield work: 463 rushing yards, 121 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 135 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Rutgers. 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 135 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rutgers.
The arc is straightforward: Desmon Peoples 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
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Rutgers
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value 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
vs Tulane
Week 5 · W 31-6
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
133
Scrimmage Yards
82.9 takeover
133 scrimmage yards and 45.1 usage.
#2
@ Navy
Week 4 · W 31-24
113
Scrimmage Yards
75.1 takeover
Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
113 scrimmage yards and 31.8 usage.
#3
@ Ohio State
Week 8 · L 17-56 · Conference game
83
Scrimmage Yards
65.5 takeover
Loss with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
83 scrimmage yards and 26.8 usage.
#4
vs Michigan
Week 6 · W 26-24 · Conference game
77
Scrimmage Yards
62 takeover
Win with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
77 scrimmage yards and 32.7 usage.
#5
vs Howard
Week 2 · W 38-25
66
Scrimmage Yards
56.6 takeover
Win with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
66 scrimmage yards and 23.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Rutgers
579 primary output · 37.9 efficiency · 23.3 usage
64.9
#2
2013 Regular Season · Rutgers
22.1
19 primary · 19.8 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Rutgers
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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