Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017UCLA
Jalen Starks
RB • 6'0" • 265 lbs • Van Nuys, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jalen Starks leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Player Story
Jalen Starks built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Van Nuys, CA wearing No. 32, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Jalen Starks' career was his backfield work: 213 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Jalen Starks, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UCLA. Jalen Starks leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 279
- Rushing yards
- 213
- Receiving yards
- 66
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Jalen Starks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 279
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Memphis
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hillcrest · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Hillcrest · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 202 scrimmage yards · RB 346th (top 58%) · Pac-12 98th (top 45%) · National 1,030th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 5 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 40.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCLA | 7 | 202 | 136 | 66 | 4 | 47.8 |
Related Context
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Jalen Starks played RB for UCLA. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jalen Starks recorded 213 rushing yards, 66 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
UCLA paired 202 primary output with 40.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 40.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Loss with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
28.9
Efficiency
40.1
Usage
9.6
Consistency
23.4
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 2. Hawai'i: 10. Memphis: 90. Colorado: 12. Arizona: 63. Utah: 11. Arizona State: 14
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. Texas A&M: 1 by 20.8. Hawai'i: 3 by 34.7. Memphis: 8 by 67.7. Colorado: 6 by 20.8. Arizona: 10 by 65.6. Utah: 7 by 22.2. Arizona State: 3 by 48.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins9.5 · Games = 4 · -45.2 vs Losses
Losses54.7 · Games = 3 · +45.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
67.7 vs Memphis
Player Story
Jalen Starks story
Jalen Starks built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Van Nuys, CA wearing No. 32, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Jalen Starks' career was his backfield work: 213 rushing yards, 61 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 66 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 66 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 6 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Starks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
UCLA
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 77 | 29.7 | 10.5 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCLA | 202 | 40.1 | 9.6 | 125 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Memphis
Week 3 · L 45-48
Loss with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90
Scrimmage Yards
66.9 takeover
90 scrimmage yards and 11.6 usage.
#2
@ Arizona
Week 7 · L 30-47 · Conference game
63
Scrimmage Yards
61.6 takeover
Loss with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
63 scrimmage yards and 17.2 usage.
#3
vs UNLV
Week 2 · W 42-21
28
Scrimmage Yards
57.6 takeover
Win with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
28 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.
#4
vs Oregon State
Week 11 · W 38-24 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
54.5 takeover
Win with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
24 scrimmage yards and 18.5 usage.
#5
vs USC
Week 12 · L 14-36 · Conference game
20
Scrimmage Yards
51.7 takeover
Loss with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
20 scrimmage yards and 17.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · UCLA
202 primary output · 40.1 efficiency · 9.6 usage
47.8
#2
2016 Regular Season · UCLA
40.2
77 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 10.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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