Usage / Role
4%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Purdue
David Yancey
RB • 5'10" • Schererville, IN, USA
Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency
David Yancey leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 67.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
3★
- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
David Yancey, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Purdue. David Yancey leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 67.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 124
- Rushing yards
- 39
- Receiving yards
- 85
Quick Answers
David Yancey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 124
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mays · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Katy · 61 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 100 scrimmage yards · RB 399th (top 70%) · Big Ten 139th (top 56%) · National 1,335th (top 56%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 7 | 100 | 26 | 74 | 0 | 60.1 |
Related Context
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David Yancey played RB for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, David Yancey recorded 39 rushing yards, 85 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Purdue paired 100 primary output with 67.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 67.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Loss with 29 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
14.3
Efficiency
67.4
Usage
3.1
Consistency
64.3
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 29. Nevada: 9. Maryland: 2. Illinois: 17. Penn State: 19. Northwestern: 11. Indiana: 13
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. Cincinnati: 3 by 68.4. Nevada: 1 by 87.5. Maryland: 1 by 20.8. Illinois: 2 by 70.8. Penn State: 1 by 100. Northwestern: 4 by 24. Indiana: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins13 · Games = 2 · -1.8 vs Losses
Losses14.8 · Games = 5 · +1.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
100 vs Indiana
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Purdue
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 24 | 23.7 | 3.1 | 24 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 100 | 67.4 | 3.1 | 76 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Cincinnati
Week 2 · L 20-38
Loss with 29 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
29
Scrimmage Yards
61.2 takeover
29 scrimmage yards and 5.3 usage.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 10 · L 14-48 · Conference game
21
Scrimmage Yards
57.8 takeover
Loss with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.
#3
vs Penn State
Week 9 · L 24-62 · Conference game
19
Scrimmage Yards
56.7 takeover
Loss with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
19 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.
#4
@ Indiana
Week 13 · L 24-26 · Conference game
13
Scrimmage Yards
49.9 takeover
Loss with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
13 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.
#5
@ Illinois
Week 6 · W 34-31 · Conference game
17
Scrimmage Yards
46.1 takeover
Win with 17 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
17 scrimmage yards and 3.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Purdue
100 primary output · 67.4 efficiency · 3.1 usage
60.1
#2
2014 Regular Season · Purdue
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Purdue
19
24 primary · 23.7 efficiency · 3.1 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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