Player Dossier

2017-2021

Penn State

John Lovett

RB • 6'0" • 212 lbs • Burlington, NJ, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

John Lovett leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

48

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

42

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Baylor

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Baylor • Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Player Story

John Lovett built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Burlington, NJ wearing No. 23, spending time with Baylor and Penn State. The clearest part of John Lovett's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8711

Cherokee · Burlington, NJ

Committed To
Baylor
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

John Lovett, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Baylor. John Lovett leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,199
Rushing yards
1,980
Receiving yards
219
Touchdowns
18

Quick Answers

John Lovett quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,199
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 50 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Baylor
Top game
Texas Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Cherokee · Baylor
High school pipeline
Cherokee · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2021 Scrimmage yards rank
213 scrimmage yards · RB 355th (top 52%) · Big Ten 102nd (top 36%) · National 977th (top 39%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonBaylor1146544520550.8
2018 PostseasonBaylor1227270155.1
2018 Regular SeasonBaylor1259454648555.1
2019 PostseasonBaylor1420182068.5
2019 Regular SeasonBaylor1470163764568.5
2020 Regular SeasonBaylor517913049243.4
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State821317736042.4

Related Context

John Lovett played RB for Baylor and Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, John Lovett recorded 1,980 rushing yards, 219 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Baylor.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Baylor paired 721 primary output with 65.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 47.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Baylor, Penn State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

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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2018 Postseason · Baylor

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

51.8

Efficiency

47.2

Usage

15.3

Consistency

43.2

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 27. Abilene Christian: 115. UTSA: 47. Duke: 32. Kansas: 23. Oklahoma: 36. Texas: 21. West Virginia: 17. Oklahoma State: 104. Iowa State: 9. TCU: 57. Texas Tech: 133

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. Vanderbilt: 9 by 31.3. Abilene Christian: 12 by 89.9. UTSA: 9 by 54.4. Duke: 7 by 34. Kansas: 9 by 26.6. Oklahoma: 9 by 41.7. Texas: 5 by 43.8. West Virginia: 3 by 23.6. Oklahoma State: 6 by 100. Iowa State: 4 by 23.4. TCU: 12 by 51. Texas Tech: 29 by 47

Split Comparison

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

Wins74.8 · Games = 6 · +46.2 vs Losses
Losses28.7 · Games = 6 · -46.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

100 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Fri 12/28@ VanderbiltW 45-38927313
Sat 11/24@ Texas Tech100 rush yardsW 35-24281254.501184.6
Sat 11/17vs TCUL 9-16115550124.8
Sat 11/10@ Iowa StateL 14-28492.3002.3
Sat 11/3vs Oklahoma State100 rush yardsW 35-31610417.30117.3
Thu 10/25@ West VirginiaL 14-582-1-0.5001185.7
Sat 10/13@ TexasL 17-235214.2004.2
Sat 9/29@ OklahomaL 33-66936404
Sat 9/22vs KansasW 26-79232.6002.6
Sat 9/15vs DukeL 27-405122.4002204.6
Sat 9/8@ UTSAW 37-209475.2005.2
Sun 9/2vs Abilene Christian100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 55-27121159.6039.6

Player Story

John Lovett story

John Lovett built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Burlington, NJ wearing No. 23, spending time with Baylor and Penn State. The clearest part of John Lovett's career was his backfield work: 1,980 rushing yards, 407 carries, 17 rushing touchdowns, and 219 receiving yards across 50 career games in the available record. His career also includes 219 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 346 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives John Lovett'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.

  1. 1

    Baylor

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Penn State

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonBaylor46542.818.2
2018 PostseasonBaylor62147.215.3156
2018 Regular SeasonBaylor62147.215.30
2019 PostseasonBaylor72165.913.9100
2019 Regular SeasonBaylor72165.913.90
2020 Regular SeasonBaylor17935.418.6-542
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State21340.41334

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas Tech

Week 13 · W 35-24 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

133

Scrimmage Yards

82.3 takeover

133 scrimmage yards and 38.2 usage.

#2

vs Liberty

Week 1 · L 45-48

89

Scrimmage Yards

81.1 takeover

Loss with 89 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

89 scrimmage yards and 29.2 usage.

#3

vs Abilene Christian

Week 1 · W 55-27

115

Scrimmage Yards

79.9 takeover

Win with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

115 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.

#4

@ Kansas State

Week 5 · L 20-33 · Conference game

95

Scrimmage Yards

79.2 takeover

Loss with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

95 scrimmage yards and 13.2 usage.

#5

vs Stephen F. Austin

Week 1 · W 56-17

108

Scrimmage Yards

78.8 takeover

Win with 108 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

108 scrimmage yards and 12.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Baylor

721 primary output · 65.9 efficiency · 13.9 usage

68.5

#2

2019 Regular Season · Baylor

68.5

721 primary · 65.9 efficiency · 13.9 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Baylor

55.1

621 primary · 47.2 efficiency · 15.3 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games