Usage / Role
79%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Ohio State
Trey Sermon
RB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Marietta, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Trey Sermon leans balanced backfield option traits and 62.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
93
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
88
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Oklahoma
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oklahoma • Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Trey Sermon built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Marietta, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Ohio State and Oklahoma. The clearest part of Trey Sermon's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 25
- Overall
- No. 88
- NFL Team
- San Francisco 49ers
Trey Sermon, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Oklahoma. Trey Sermon leans balanced backfield option traits and 62.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,428
- Rushing yards
- 2,946
- Receiving yards
- 482
- Touchdowns
- 29
Quick Answers
Trey Sermon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,428
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Oklahoma
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Sprayberry · Oklahoma
- High school pipeline
- Sierra Canyon · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 3 · Pick 25 · San Francisco 49ers
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2020 Scrimmage yards rank
- 965 scrimmage yards · RB 23rd (top 4%) · Big Ten 2nd (top 1%) · National 36th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Oklahoma | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 61.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 13 | 849 | 710 | 139 | 7 | 61.8 |
| 2018 Postseason | Oklahoma | 14 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 71.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 14 | 1,105 | 928 | 177 | 12 | 71.4 |
| 2019 Postseason | Oklahoma | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 10 | 456 | 385 | 71 | 5 | 47.8 |
| 2020 Postseason | Ohio State | 8 | 256 | 195 | 61 | 1 | 64.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 8 | 709 | 675 | 34 | 3 | 64.5 |
Related Context
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Trey Sermon played RB for Oklahoma and Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Trey Sermon recorded 42 passing yards, 2,946 rushing yards, and 482 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Oklahoma.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Oklahoma paired 1,124 primary output with 57.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 62.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma, Ohio State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2020 Postseason · Ohio State
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
120.6
Efficiency
62.3
Usage
25.3
Consistency
37.5
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 2. Clemson: 254. Nebraska: 55. Penn State: 60. Rutgers: 79. Indiana: 73. Michigan State: 107. Northwestern: 335
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. Alabama: 1 by 20.8. Clemson: 35 by 69.1. Nebraska: 12 by 46.4. Penn State: 14 by 44.8. Rutgers: 13 by 60.7. Indiana: 10 by 72.1. Michigan State: 11 by 90.5. Northwestern: 32 by 93.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins137.6 · Games = 7 · +135.6 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · -135.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
93.6 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/12 | @ Alabama | L 24-52 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 1/2 | @ Clemson100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 49-28 | 31 | 193 | 6.20 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 7.3 |
| Sat 12/19 | vs Northwestern100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 22-10 | 29 | 331 | 11.40 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10.5 |
| Sat 12/5 | @ Michigan State100 rush yards | W 52-12 | 10 | 112 | 11.20 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 9.7 |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Indiana | W 42-35 | 9 | 60 | 6.70 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7.3 |
| Sun 11/8 | vs Rutgers | W 49-27 | 12 | 68 | 5.70 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6.1 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Penn State | W 38-25 | 13 | 56 | 4.30 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Nebraska | W 52-17 | 11 | 48 | 4.40 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4.6 |
Player Story
Trey Sermon story
Trey Sermon built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Marietta, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Ohio State and Oklahoma. The clearest part of Trey Sermon's career was his backfield work: 2,946 rushing yards, 455 carries, 26 rushing touchdowns, and 482 receiving yards across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Oklahoma. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 42 passing yards, 482 receiving yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio State and Oklahoma.
The arc is straightforward: Trey Sermon moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Oklahoma
2017-2019
Opening stop
- 2
Ohio State
2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820182019201920202020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Oklahoma | 883 | 61.8 | 17.8 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 883 | 61.8 | 17.8 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Oklahoma | 1,124 | 57.1 | 22.5 | 241 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 1,124 | 57.1 | 22.5 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Oklahoma | 456 | 70.2 | 11.1 | -668 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 456 | 70.2 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Ohio State | 965 | 62.3 | 25.3 | 509 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 965 | 62.3 | 25.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern
Week 16 · W 22-10 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
335
Scrimmage Yards
97.9 takeover
335 scrimmage yards and 57.1 usage.
#2
@ Texas Tech
Week 10 · W 51-46 · Conference game
206
Scrimmage Yards
94.2 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
206 scrimmage yards and 41.9 usage.
#3
@ Baylor
Week 4 · W 49-41 · Conference game
148
Scrimmage Yards
88.2 takeover
Win with 148 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
148 scrimmage yards and 22.6 usage.
#4
vs Iowa State
Week 6 · L 31-38 · Conference game
144
Scrimmage Yards
84.9 takeover
Loss with 144 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
144 scrimmage yards and 38.3 usage.
#5
vs Houston
Week 1 · W 49-31
116
Scrimmage Yards
84.1 takeover
Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
116 scrimmage yards and 22.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Oklahoma
1,124 primary output · 57.1 efficiency · 22.5 usage
71.4
#2
2018 Regular Season · Oklahoma
71.4
1,124 primary · 57.1 efficiency · 22.5 usage
#3
2020 Postseason · Ohio State
64.5
965 primary · 62.3 efficiency · 25.3 usage
Milestones
8
100+ rush yards
4
150+ scrimmage yards
7
2+ TD games
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