Player Dossier

2009-2012

Ohio

Bakari Bussey

WR • 6'2" • West Chester, OH, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Bakari Bussey reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

29

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

26

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

37

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Ohio

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ohio
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wofford

Player Story

Bakari Bussey built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from West Chester, OH wearing No. 17, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Bakari Bussey's career was his receiving role: 57...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.8389

Lakota West · West Chester, OH

Committed To
Ohio
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Bakari Bussey, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Ohio. Bakari Bussey reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
548
Receptions
57
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Bakari Bussey quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio · WR
Career Receiving Yards
548
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · Ohio
Top game
Wofford
Recruit profile
3-star · Lakota West · Ohio
High school pipeline
Lakota West · 36 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Class 2012
2012 Receiving yards rank
313 receiving yards · WR 322nd (top 37%) · Mid-American 43rd (top 23%) · National 408th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2009 PostseasonOhio316034
2009 Regular SeasonOhio3210034
2010 Regular SeasonOhio46107164.6
2011 Regular SeasonOhio611112044.5
2012 Regular SeasonOhio1237313068.5

Related Context

Bakari Bussey played WR for Ohio. Across 4 tracked seasons, Bakari Bussey recorded 548 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Ohio.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Ohio paired 313 primary output with 55 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 98.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wofford

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 75th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2010 Regular Season · Ohio

Games

4

Receiving Yards / G

26.8

Efficiency

98.3

Usage

13.7

Consistency

80.2

Best Game by takeover score

Wofford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wofford: 35. Ohio State: 22. Akron: 14. Louisiana: 36

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. Wofford: 2 by 100. Ohio State: 1 by 100. Akron: 1 by 93.3. Louisiana: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins28.3 · Games = 3 · +6.3 vs Losses
Losses22 · Games = 1 · -6.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wofford

Best efficiency game

100 vs Louisiana

Result
Sat 10/30vs LouisianaW 38-312361818124
Sat 10/16vs AkronW 38-101141414014
Sat 9/18@ Ohio StateL 7-431222222022
Sat 9/4vs WoffordW 33-1023517.517.50020

Player Story

Bakari Bussey story

Bakari Bussey built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from West Chester, OH wearing No. 17, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Bakari Bussey's career was his receiving role: 57 catches, 548 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Bakari Bussey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Ohio

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092009201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonOhio1635.56.6
2009 Regular SeasonOhio1635.56.60
2010 Regular SeasonOhio10798.313.791
2011 Regular SeasonOhio11256.98.75
2012 Regular SeasonOhio3135516.4201

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wofford

Week 1 · W 33-10

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

35

Receiving Yards

93.5 takeover

35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Buffalo

Week 6 · W 38-31 · Conference game

77

Receiving Yards

88.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

77 receiving yards with a 64.2 efficiency score.

#3

vs Louisiana

Week 9 · W 38-31

36

Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

36 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Buffalo

Week 6 · L 37-38 · Conference game

44

Receiving Yards

80.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

44 receiving yards with a 97.8 efficiency score.

#5

@ Ohio State

Week 3 · L 7-43

22

Receiving Yards

66 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

22 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Ohio

313 primary output · 55 efficiency · 16.4 usage

68.5

#2

2010 Regular Season · Ohio

64.6

107 primary · 98.3 efficiency · 13.7 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Ohio

44.5

112 primary · 56.9 efficiency · 8.7 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games