Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2022Southern Miss
Janari Dean
RB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Batesville, MS, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Janari Dean leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
16
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Mississippi State • Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Player Story
Janari Dean built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Batesville, MS wearing No. 28, spending time with Mississippi State and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Janari Dean's career was...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Janari Dean, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Southern Miss. Janari Dean leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 226
- Rushing yards
- 191
- Receiving yards
- 35
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Janari Dean quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 226
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Southern Miss
- Top game
- UL Monroe
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · South Panola · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- South Panola · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Sophomore
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 226 scrimmage yards · RB 349th (top 51%) · Sun Belt 90th (top 32%) · National 967th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2022 Postseason | Southern Miss | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 10 | 214 | 179 | 35 | 3 | 53.7 |
Related Context
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Janari Dean played RB for Mississippi State and Southern Miss. Across 3 tracked seasons, Janari Dean recorded 191 rushing yards, 35 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
Southern Miss paired 226 primary output with 30.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 30.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 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 Mississippi State, Southern Miss.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Win with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
22.6
Efficiency
30.1
Usage
12.4
Consistency
49.5
Best Game by takeover score
UL Monroe
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rice: 12. Liberty: 4. Miami: 11. Northwestern State: 33. Tulane: 7. Troy: 16. Arkansas State: 43. Texas State: 32. Louisiana: 18. UL Monroe: 50
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. Rice: 4 by 31.3. Liberty: 3 by 13.9. Miami: 2 by 22.9. Northwestern State: 9 by 36.4. Tulane: 4 by 18.2. Troy: 4 by 35.4. Arkansas State: 9 by 49.8. Texas State: 13 by 25.6. Louisiana: 9 by 20.8. UL Monroe: 11 by 47.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins27.9 · Games = 7 · +17.5 vs Losses
Losses10.3 · Games = 3 · -17.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UL Monroe
Best efficiency game
49.8 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/17 | vs Rice | W 38-24 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 11/26 | @ UL Monroe | W 20-10 | 10 | 45 | 4.50 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Thu 10/27 | vs Louisiana | W 39-24 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Texas State | W 20-14 | 13 | 32 | 2.50 | 1 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Arkansas State | W 20-19 | 9 | 43 | 4.80 | 1 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Troy | L 10-27 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Tulane | W 27-24 | 4 | 7 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Northwestern State | W 64-10 | 8 | 27 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Miami | L 7-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Liberty | L 27-29 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | — | — | 1.3 |
Player Story
Janari Dean story
Janari Dean built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Batesville, MS wearing No. 28, spending time with Mississippi State and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Janari Dean's career was his backfield work: 191 rushing yards, 62 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 35 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 35 receiving yards and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Janari Dean'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
Mississippi State
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Southern Miss
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Southern Miss | 226 | 30.1 | 12.4 | 226 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 226 | 30.1 | 12.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UL Monroe
Week 13 · W 20-10 · Conference game
Win with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
50
Scrimmage Yards
67.4 takeover
50 scrimmage yards and 19.3 usage.
#2
vs Arkansas State
Week 7 · W 20-19 · Conference game
43
Scrimmage Yards
61.2 takeover
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
#3
vs Northwestern State
Week 3 · W 64-10
33
Scrimmage Yards
48.7 takeover
Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
33 scrimmage yards and 15.3 usage.
#4
@ Texas State
Week 8 · W 20-14 · Conference game
32
Scrimmage Yards
48.3 takeover
Win with 32 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
32 scrimmage yards and 19.4 usage.
#5
vs Louisiana
Week 9 · W 39-24 · Conference game
18
Scrimmage Yards
34 takeover
Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
18 scrimmage yards and 15.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · Southern Miss
226 primary output · 30.1 efficiency · 12.4 usage
53.7
#2
2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
53.7
226 primary · 30.1 efficiency · 12.4 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Mississippi State
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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