Usage / Role
81%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Miami (OH)
Jaylon Bester
RB • 5'8" • 180 lbs • Belleville, IL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jaylon Bester leans balanced backfield option traits and 16.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Miami (OH)
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Miami (OH)
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
Jaylon Bester built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a running back from Belleville, IL wearing No. 1, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Jaylon Bester's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Miami (OH)
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Jaylon Bester, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Miami (OH). Jaylon Bester leans balanced backfield option traits and 16.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,306
- Rushing yards
- 1,098
- Receiving yards
- 208
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Jaylon Bester quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami (OH) · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,306
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Miami (OH)
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Althoff Catholic · Miami (OH)
- High school pipeline
- Althoff Catholic · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 17 scrimmage yards · RB 607th (top 88%) · Mid-American 190th (top 85%) · National 2,159th (top 83%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 9 | 157 | 111 | 46 | 0 | 30.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 12 | 288 | 185 | 103 | 1 | 38 |
| 2019 Postseason | Miami (OH) | 11 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 77.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 11 | 748 | 689 | 59 | 12 | 77.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 3 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 30.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 2 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 |
Related Context
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Jaylon Bester played RB for Miami (OH). Across 6 tracked seasons, Jaylon Bester recorded 1,098 rushing yards, 208 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Miami (OH).
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Miami (OH) paired 800 primary output with 45.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Miami (OH)
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
72.7
Efficiency
45.7
Usage
32.2
Consistency
70.9
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 52. Iowa: 16. Buffalo: 112. Western Michigan: 75. Northern Illinois: 44. Kent State: 67. Ohio: 90. Bowling Green: 85. Akron: 136. Ball State: 57. Central Michigan: 66
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 19 by 28.5. Iowa: 5 by 33.3. Buffalo: 25 by 46.5. Western Michigan: 16 by 45.1. Northern Illinois: 17 by 25.1. Kent State: 18 by 38.8. Ohio: 16 by 58.4. Bowling Green: 9 by 89.4. Akron: 22 by 63.9. Ball State: 16 by 39.4. Central Michigan: 20 by 34.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins85.7 · Games = 7 · +35.7 vs Losses
Losses50 · Games = 4 · -35.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Akron
Best efficiency game
89.4 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/7 | vs Louisiana2+ TD | L 17-27 | 19 | 52 | 2.70 | 2 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sat 12/7 | @ Central Michigan | W 26-21 | 20 | 66 | 3.30 | 1 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Fri 11/29 | @ Ball State | L 27-41 | 15 | 59 | 3.90 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3.6 |
| Thu 11/21 | vs Akron100 rush yards | W 20-17 | 21 | 128 | 6.10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6.2 |
| Thu 11/14 | vs Bowling Green2+ TD | W 44-3 | 9 | 85 | 9.40 | 2 | — | — | 9.4 |
| Thu 11/7 | @ Ohio2+ TD | W 24-21 | 15 | 84 | 5.60 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5.6 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Kent State | W 23-16 | 18 | 67 | 3.70 | 1 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Northern Illinois2+ TD | W 27-24 | 14 | 32 | 2.30 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2.6 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Western Michigan | L 16-38 | 11 | 45 | 4.10 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 4.7 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Buffalo100 rush yards | W 34-20 | 24 | 107 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Iowa | L 14-38 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | — | — | 3.2 |
Player Story
Jaylon Bester story
Jaylon Bester built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a running back from Belleville, IL wearing No. 1, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Jaylon Bester's career was his backfield work: 1,098 rushing yards, 248 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 208 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 208 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 533 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jaylon Bester's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Miami (OH)
2017-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 157 | 53.3 | 6 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 288 | 56.8 | 6.6 | 131 |
| 2019 Postseason | Miami (OH) | 800 | 45.7 | 32.2 | 512 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 800 | 45.7 | 32.2 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | — | — | -800 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 44 | 30.9 | 7.2 | 44 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 17 | 16.9 | 8.8 | -27 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 13 · W 20-17 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
136
Scrimmage Yards
88 takeover
136 scrimmage yards and 35.5 usage.
#2
@ Ball State
Week 13 · W 28-7 · Conference game
81
Scrimmage Yards
85.4 takeover
Win with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
81 scrimmage yards and 27.3 usage.
#3
vs Buffalo
Week 5 · W 34-20 · Conference game
112
Scrimmage Yards
76.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
112 scrimmage yards and 39.7 usage.
#4
vs Ball State
Week 13 · W 42-21 · Conference game
78
Scrimmage Yards
75.2 takeover
Win with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
78 scrimmage yards and 12.3 usage.
#5
@ Ohio
Week 11 · W 24-21 · Conference game
90
Scrimmage Yards
74.9 takeover
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90 scrimmage yards and 41 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Miami (OH)
800 primary output · 45.7 efficiency · 32.2 usage
77.2
#2
2019 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
77.2
800 primary · 45.7 efficiency · 32.2 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
38
288 primary · 56.8 efficiency · 6.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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