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Player Dossier
2007-2009California
Jahvid Best
? • 5'10" • Vallejo, CA, USA
Impact contributor
Jahvid Best shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Jahvid Best built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a player from Vallejo, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with California. The clearest part of Jahvid Best's career was his backfield work: 2,668 rushing...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2007
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2010
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 30
- Overall
- No. 30
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Jahvid Best, ?. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · California. Jahvid Best shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 35
- Rushing yards
- 2,668
- Receiving yards
- 533
Featured Highlight
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Jahvid Best California Highlights
2009 · California · Player Highlight
Jahvid Best college highlights at California.
- Season
- 2009
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Jahvid Best quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · ?
- Career Touchdowns
- 35
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Salesian · California
- High school pipeline
- Salesian · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2010 · Round 1 · Pick 30 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2009
- 2009 Touchdowns rank
- 16 touchdowns · ? 3rd (top 4%) · Pac-10 9th (top 7%) · National 89th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | California | 10 | 3 | 3 | 14.4 |
| 2008 Postseason | California | 12 | 2 | 16 | 68.3 |
| 2008 Regular Season | California | 12 | 14 | 16 | 68.3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | California | 9 | 16 | 16 | 78.8 |
Related Context
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Jahvid Best played ? for California. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jahvid Best recorded 2,668 rushing yards, 533 receiving yards, and 35 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
California paired 16 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Postseason · California
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
1.3
Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
36.6
Best Game by takeover score
Washington
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 2. Michigan State: 1. Washington State: 3. Maryland: 0. Colorado State: 0. Arizona: 1. UCLA: 1. Oregon: 0. USC: 0. Oregon State: 1. Stanford: 3. Washington: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.8 · Games = 8 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Washington
Best efficiency game
— vs Miami
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Sun 12/28 | vs Miami | W 24-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 186 | 9.30 | 2 | 42 |
| Sat 12/6 | vs Washington | W 48-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 311 | 16.40 | 4 | 84 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Stanford | W 37-16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 201 | 10.60 | 2 | 60 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Oregon State | L 21-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 116 | 7.70 | 1 | 65 |
| Sun 11/9 | @ USC | L 3-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 30 | 2.30 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Oregon | W 26-16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 93 | 5.80 | 0 | 50 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs UCLA | W 41-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 115 | 6.80 | 1 | 34 |
| Sun 10/19 | @ Arizona | L 27-42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 107 | 6.70 | 1 | 67 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Colorado State | W 42-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 85 | 7.70 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Maryland | L 27-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 25 | 2.50 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Washington State | W 66-3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 200 | 14.30 | 3 | 86 |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Michigan State | W 38-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 111 | 4.60 | 1 | 20 |
Player Story
Jahvid Best story
Jahvid Best built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a player from Vallejo, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with California. The clearest part of Jahvid Best's career was his backfield work: 2,668 rushing yards, 364 carries, 29 rushing touchdowns, and 533 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 533 receiving yards and 18 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jahvid Best's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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California
2007-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200820082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2007 Regular Season | California | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2008 Postseason | California | 16 | — | — | 13 |
| 2008 Regular Season | California | 16 | — | — | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | California | 16 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arizona
Week 4 · W 45-27 · Conference game
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
1
Touchdowns
100 takeover
1 primary-metric impact.
#2
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 3 · W 42-12
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
1 primary-metric impact.
#3
@ Colorado State
Week 2 · W 34-28
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
1 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Washington
Week 15 · W 48-7 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
4 primary-metric impact.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 3 · W 35-21
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
5 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · California
16 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
78.8
#2
2008 Postseason · California
68.3
16 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · California
68.3
16 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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