9 Danny Rankins Jr.
Danny Rankins Jr.
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    170
  • Hometown:
    West Des Moines, Iowa
  • Position:
    RB
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • High School:
    Valley
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    330
  • yds/g
    33.0
  • td
    1

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Letterwinner (2023)
2023 | freshman
  • Appeared in every game for the Storm
  • Accumulated 330 rushing yards along with 110 receiving yards
  • Recorded a season high 105 rushing yard and one touchdown in the win over Crown
High School
  • A 2022 graduate of Valley High School
  • A native of Des Moines, Iowa
  • Played running back for Valley 
Personal
  • Son of Chasidy Crawford and Danny Rankins Sr.
  • Has three siblings, Cedric, Danzell, and Mikey
  • Planning to major in business
  • First male in his family to attempt to graduate college

Player Profile

Recent Games
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14
  Overall Conf
Rushes 54 40
Yards 330 235
Yards per game 33.0 29.4
Yards per rush 6.1 5.9
Touchdowns 1 0
Fumbles 3 3
Fumbles lost 2 2

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 4 -10 -2.5 2 0 - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 10 105 10.5 33 1 - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 4 16 4.0 13 0 - -
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 3 3 1.0 3 0 1 1
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 3 63 21.0 37 0 - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 7 83 11.9 54 0 - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 9 39 4.3 14 0 1 0
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 8 19 2.4 13 0 - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 6 12 2.0 4 0 1 1

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 3 28 9.3 11 0 - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 2 16 8.0 10 0 - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 2 20 10.0 13 0 - -
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 4 33 8.3 18 0 1 1
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 1 2 2.0 2 0 - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 1 2 2.0 2 0 - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - 1 0
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 1 5 5.0 5 0 - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 1 4 4.0 4 0 1 1

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 - - - - - 0
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - - - - 0
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 - - - - - 0
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 1 7 7.0 7 0 - - - - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 3 100 33.3 38 0 - - - - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 2 14 7.0 14 0 - - - - -
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 5 90 18.0 25 0 - - - - -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 4 57 14.3 32 0 - - - - -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 1 18 18.0 18 0 - - - - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 1 20 20.0 20 0 - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 1 -10 28 - 7 25
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 1 105 16 - 100 221
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 1 16 20 - 14 50
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 1 3 33 - 90 126
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 1 63 2 - - 65
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 1 - 2 - - 2
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 1 83 - - - 83
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 1 39 - - 57 96
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 1 19 5 - 18 42
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 1 12 4 - 20 36

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 -
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 0 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 0 1 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2023-24 10 54 330 33.0 6.1 1 54 3 2
Total 10 54 330 33.0 6.1 1 54 3 2

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2023-24 10 15 1.5 110 11.0 7.3 0 18
Total 10 15 1.5 110 11.0 7.3 0 18

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 10 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2023-24 17 306 18.0 0 38 - - - - -
Total 17 306 18.0 0 38 - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2023-24 10 330 110 - 306 746 74.6
Total 10 330 110 - 306 746 74.6

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2023-24 6 0.6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Total 6 0.6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2023-24 10 2 1 3.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 10 2 1 3.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 54 330 33.0 6.1 1 54 3 2
Conference 8 40 235 29.4 5.9 0 54 3 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 22 44 8.8 2.0 0 14 3 2
Away 5 32 286 57.2 8.9 1 54 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 20 251 83.7 12.6 1 54 - -
Losses 7 34 79 11.3 2.3 0 14 3 2
Month September 5 24 177 35.4 7.4 1 37 1 1
October 3 16 122 40.7 7.6 0 54 1 0
November 2 14 31 15.5 2.2 0 13 1 1

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 15 1.5 110 11.0 7.3 0 18
Conference 8 10 1.3 66 8.3 6.6 0 18
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 9 1.8 67 13.4 7.4 0 18
Away 5 6 1.2 43 8.6 7.2 0 13
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 3 1.0 18 6.0 6.0 0 10
Losses 7 12 1.7 92 13.1 7.7 0 18
Month September 5 12 2.4 99 19.8 8.3 0 18
October 3 1 0.3 2 0.7 2.0 0 2
November 2 2 1.0 9 4.5 4.5 0 5

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 5 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month September 5 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total 17 306 18.0 0 38 - - - - -
Conference 13 199 15.3 0 32 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 11 174 15.8 0 32 - - - - -
Away 6 132 22.0 0 38 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 100 33.3 0 38 - - - - -
Losses 14 206 14.7 0 32 - - - - -
Month September 11 211 19.2 0 38 - - - - -
October 4 57 14.3 0 32 - - - - -
November 2 38 19.0 0 20 - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 330 110 - 306 746 74.6
Conference 8 235 66 - 199 500 62.5
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 44 67 - 174 285 57.0
Away 5 286 43 - 132 461 92.2
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 3 251 18 - 100 369 123.0
Losses 7 79 92 - 206 377 53.9
Month September 5 177 99 - 211 487 97.4
October 3 122 2 - 57 181 60.3
November 2 31 9 - 38 78 39.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 6 0.6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Conference 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Away 6 1.2 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 6 2.0 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Month September 6 1.2 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 2 1 3.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 8 2 1 3.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 1 1 2.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 1 0 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 2 1 3.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month September 5 1 1 2.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 1 0 1.0 .5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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