Running back, Northwestern, 2010–⁠13

Venric Mark

Number
No. 5
Height
5′8″
Hometown
Tomball, TX

Venric Mark played running back at Northwestern (2010–⁠13).

Career highs

182rushing yards, career highat Minnesota, 20123rushing touchdowns, career highvs. South Dakota, 20127catches, career highvs. Boston College, 2012

Honors

All-America: FWAA 2012; Sporting News 2012; CBS Sports 2012

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010Northwestern8637.9029
2011Northwestern151046.9121
2012Northwestern2261,3666.01280
2013Northwestern31973.1023
Career2801,6305.81380

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2010Northwestern21550191160
2011Northwestern409150161270
2012Northwestern214160152802
2013Northwestern1380–––
Career831,9191405232

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Northwestern5438.6021
2011Northwestern144.004
2012Northwestern201045.2121
2013Northwestern5489.6041
Career311996.4141

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
201012516
201113639
On file11415

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Northwestern5RB
2011Northwestern5RB
2012Northwestern5RB
2013Northwestern5RB5′8″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Northwestern36-0.17––-6.118%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Northwestern 3 games, 97 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31atCaliforniaW 44–⁠3011290–––
Oct 5vs.Ohio StateL 30–⁠4017600138–
Oct 12atWisconsinL 6–⁠35380–––
2012 Northwestern 13 games, 1,366 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atSyracuseW 42–⁠41148203492
Sep 8vs.VanderbiltW 23–⁠13241231121–
Sep 15vs.Boston CollegeW 22–⁠13187701172
Sep 22vs.South DakotaW 38–⁠7161173––1
Sep 29vs.IndianaW 44–⁠292913912211
Oct 6atPenn StateL 28–⁠39137212361
Oct 13atMinnesotaW 21–⁠132018222321
Oct 20vs.NebraskaL 28–⁠291611812392
Oct 27vs.IowaW 28–⁠17161620114–
Nov 10atMichiganL 31–⁠3823104141263
Nov 17atMichigan StateW 23–⁠20670––1
Nov 24vs.IllinoisW 50–⁠14181271–––
Jan 1 ✦vs.Mississippi StateW 34–⁠20135613611
2011 Northwestern 13 games, 56 returns, 1,042 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3atBoston CollegeW 24–⁠17–––246–
Sep 10vs.Eastern IllinoisW 42–⁠21–––31201
Sep 17atArmyL 14–⁠21–––3651
Oct 1atIllinoisL 35–⁠38–––2223
Oct 8vs.MichiganL 24–⁠4221802281
Oct 15atIowaL 31–⁠4111071422
Oct 22vs.Penn StateL 24–⁠34–––3502
Oct 29atIndianaW 59–⁠3844702532
Nov 5atNebraskaW 28–⁠25260264–
Nov 12vs.RiceW 28–⁠61501202
Nov 19vs.MinnesotaW 28–⁠13–––286–
Nov 26vs.Michigan StateL 17–⁠312200478–
Dec 31 ✦vs.Texas A&ML 22–⁠3337171412
2010 Northwestern 11 games, 30 returns, 666 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4atVanderbiltW 23–⁠21–––119–
Sep 11vs.Illinois StateW 37–⁠3–––––1
Sep 18atRiceW 30–⁠13––––––
Oct 2atMinnesotaW 29–⁠28120–––
Oct 23vs.Michigan StateL 27–⁠3512902422
Oct 30atIndianaW 20–⁠171502562
Nov 6atPenn StateL 21–⁠35–––126–
Nov 13vs.IowaW 21–⁠17120–––
Nov 20vs.IllinoisL 27–⁠481301261
Nov 27atWisconsinL 23–⁠70–––92733
Jan 1 ✦vs.Texas TechL 38–⁠4532205108–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2015
Height5′6¾″
Weight175 lb
Arm length29⅞″
Hand size8⅝″
Wingspan71″W
40-yard dash4.38 s
10-yard split1.61 sW
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press16 reps
3-cone drill7.34 s
20-yard shuttle4.51 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2016CFLOttawa RedBlacks *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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