Player Dossier

2014-2016

Louisville

LJ Scott

RB • 6'0" • 222 lbs • Ewa Beach, HI, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

LJ Scott leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.8 efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

38

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

lowhigh

Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Louisville
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

LJ Scott built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a running back from Ewa Beach, HI wearing No. 4, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of LJ Scott's career was his backfield work: 396 rushing...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8661

Harding · Marion, OH

Committed To
Louisville
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

LJ Scott, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Louisville. LJ Scott leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.8 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
569
Rushing yards
396
Receiving yards
173
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

LJ Scott quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisville · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
569
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Louisville
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
3-star · Harding · Louisville
High school pipeline
Harding · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Class 2016
2016 Scrimmage yards rank
57 scrimmage yards · RB 437th (top 77%) · ACC 172nd (top 67%) · National 1,601st (top 67%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2014 PostseasonLouisville12220041.6
2014 Regular SeasonLouisville1223519936241.6
2015 PostseasonLouisville1127270052.6
2015 Regular SeasonLouisville1124815395252.6
2016 Regular SeasonLouisville2571542139.2

Related Context

LJ Scott played RB for Louisville. Across 3 tracked seasons, LJ Scott recorded 396 rushing yards, 173 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Louisville.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Louisville paired 275 primary output with 49.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 56.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Game with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Louisville

Games

2

Scrimmage Yards / G

28.5

Efficiency

56.8

Usage

4.9

Consistency

65.2

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Marshall: 35. Bowling Green: 75

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half35 · Games = 1 · -40 vs Second Half
Second Half75 · Games = 1 · +40 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

78.1 vs Bowling Green

Result
Sat 9/15@ Bowling Green10757.5007.5
Sat 9/8@ Marshall735515

Player Story

LJ Scott story

LJ Scott built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a running back from Ewa Beach, HI wearing No. 4, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of LJ Scott's career was his backfield work: 396 rushing yards, 71 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 173 receiving yards across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 173 receiving yards and 38 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives LJ Scott's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisville

    2014-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142014201520152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 PostseasonLouisville23746.75
2014 Regular SeasonLouisville23746.750
2015 PostseasonLouisville27549.8738
2015 Regular SeasonLouisville27549.870
2016 Regular SeasonLouisville5756.84.9-218

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Bowling Green

Week 3

Game with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

75

Scrimmage Yards

89.1 takeover

75 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#2

vs Murray State

Week 2 · W 66-21

134

Scrimmage Yards

79.4 takeover

Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

134 scrimmage yards and 14.6 usage.

#3

vs Syracuse

Week 10 · W 41-17 · Conference game

93

Scrimmage Yards

76.3 takeover

Win with 93 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

93 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.

#4

@ Kentucky

Week 2

60

Scrimmage Yards

75.3 takeover

Game with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

60 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#5

vs Charlotte

Week 1 · W 70-14

44

Scrimmage Yards

71.3 takeover

Win with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

44 scrimmage yards and 4.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Louisville

275 primary output · 49.8 efficiency · 7 usage

52.6

#2

2015 Regular Season · Louisville

52.6

275 primary · 49.8 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2014 Postseason · Louisville

41.6

237 primary · 46.7 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games