Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2025UCLA
Jalen Berger
RB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Newark, NJ, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jalen Berger leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Wisconsin • Michigan State • UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Jalen Berger built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Newark, NJ, spending time with Michigan State, UCLA, and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Jalen Berger's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Jalen Berger, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State. Jalen Berger leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,034
- Rushing yards
- 1,707
- Receiving yards
- 327
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Jalen Berger quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,034
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Don Bosco Prep · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Don Bosco Prep · 47 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 434 scrimmage yards · RB 229th (top 32%) · Big Ten 80th (top 24%) · National 575th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Wisconsin | 4 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 61.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 4 | 280 | 267 | 13 | 1 | 61.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 3 | 105 | 88 | 17 | 1 | 39.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 12 | 811 | 683 | 128 | 6 | 70.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 5 | 133 | 93 | 40 | 1 | 28.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 8 | 237 | 178 | 59 | 2 | 47.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 434 | 364 | 70 | 4 | 47.8 |
Related Context
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Jalen Berger played RB for Wisconsin, Michigan State, and UCLA. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jalen Berger recorded 1,707 rushing yards, 327 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 811 primary output with 43.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 43.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wisconsin, Michigan State, UCLA.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
67.6
Efficiency
43.3
Usage
26.5
Consistency
62.6
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 120. Akron: 112. Washington: 65. Minnesota: 28. Maryland: 53. Ohio State: 7. Wisconsin: 58. Michigan: 23. Illinois: 110. Rutgers: 100. Indiana: 121. Penn 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. Western Michigan: 16 by 78.1. Akron: 18 by 65.3. Washington: 16 by 29.9. Minnesota: 7 by 37. Maryland: 12 by 42. Ohio State: 5 by 14.6. Wisconsin: 17 by 37.3. Michigan: 10 by 21.4. Illinois: 18 by 59.2. Rutgers: 17 by 57.7. Indiana: 22 by 58.3. Penn State: 9 by 19
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins100 · Games = 5 · +55.6 vs Losses
Losses44.4 · Games = 7 · -55.6 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
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
78.1 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Penn State | L 16-35 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Indiana100 rush yards | L 31-39 | 21 | 119 | 5.70 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5.5 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Rutgers | W 27-21 | 16 | 85 | 5.30 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5.9 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Illinois | W 23-15 | 15 | 81 | 5.40 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 6.1 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Michigan | L 7-29 | 9 | 17 | 1.90 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2.3 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Wisconsin | W 34-28 | 16 | 59 | 3.70 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Ohio State | L 20-49 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | — | — | 1.4 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Maryland | L 13-27 | 9 | 34 | 3.80 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 4.4 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Minnesota | L 7-34 | 4 | 13 | 3.30 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 4 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Washington | L 28-39 | 13 | 27 | 2.10 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 4.1 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Akron100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 52-0 | 17 | 107 | 6.30 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6.2 |
| Fri 9/2 | vs Western Michigan100 rush yards | W 35-13 | 16 | 120 | 7.50 | 1 | — | — | 7.5 |
Player Story
Jalen Berger story
Jalen Berger built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Newark, NJ, spending time with Michigan State, UCLA, and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Jalen Berger's career was his backfield work: 1,707 rushing yards, 386 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 327 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His career also includes 327 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Berger'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
Wisconsin
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Michigan State
2022-2023
Peak year stop
- 3
UCLA
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Wisconsin | 314 | 52.4 | 26.1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 314 | 52.4 | 26.1 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 105 | 51 | 15.4 | -209 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 811 | 43.3 | 26.5 | 706 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 133 | 37.7 | 11.2 | -678 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 237 | 43.8 | 14.3 | 104 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 434 | 42.8 | 14.7 | 197 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 1 · W 35-13
Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
120
Scrimmage Yards
92.4 takeover
120 scrimmage yards and 36.4 usage.
#2
@ Illinois
Week 10 · W 23-15 · Conference game
110
Scrimmage Yards
83.4 takeover
Win with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
110 scrimmage yards and 37.5 usage.
#3
@ No. 82 Michigan State
Week 7 · W 38-13 · Conference game
113
Scrimmage Yards
83.4 takeover
Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
113 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.
#4
vs Indiana
Week 12 · L 31-39 · Conference game
121
Scrimmage Yards
80.7 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
121 scrimmage yards and 29.3 usage.
#5
@ Michigan
Week 11 · W 49-11 · Conference game
100
Scrimmage Yards
79.3 takeover
Win with 100 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
100 scrimmage yards and 27 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
811 primary output · 43.3 efficiency · 26.5 usage
70.4
#2
2020 Postseason · Wisconsin
61.6
314 primary · 52.4 efficiency · 26.1 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin
61.6
314 primary · 52.4 efficiency · 26.1 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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