Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Kennesaw State
Jamar Rucks
DL • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Buford, GA, USA
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Jamar Rucks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- App State • Kennesaw State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Player Story
Jamar Rucks built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Buford, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with App State and Kennesaw State. The clearest part of Jamar Rucks' career was his...
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- Committed To
- App State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Jamar Rucks, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State. Jamar Rucks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 34
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Jamar Rucks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kennesaw State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 34
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State
- Top game
- Louisiana Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lanier · App State
- High school pipeline
- Carlsbad · 27 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 10 tackles · DL 641st (top 60%) · Conference USA 271st (top 50%) · National 2,936th (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | App State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | App State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | App State | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kennesaw State | 11 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kennesaw State | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 21 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | App State to Kennesaw State | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 21.2 | Dec 5, 2022 |
Jamar Rucks played DL for App State and Kennesaw State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jamar Rucks recorded 34 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kennesaw State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Kennesaw State paired 5 primary output with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across App State, Kennesaw State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kennesaw State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
10.3
Usage
2.7
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Merrimack: 1. Arkansas State: 1. Middle Tennessee: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Liberty: 0
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. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Merrimack: 1 by 14.2. Arkansas State: 2 by 18.3. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 12.5. Liberty: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Arkansas State
Player Story
Jamar Rucks story
Jamar Rucks built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Buford, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with App State and Kennesaw State. The clearest part of Jamar Rucks' career was his defensive production: 34 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Jamar Rucks' 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
App State
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Kennesaw State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | App State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | App State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | App State | 0.5 | 13.3 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kennesaw State | 5 | 12.9 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kennesaw State | 2 | 10.3 | 2.7 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 14 · L 0-33 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 100 Arkansas State
Week 4 · W 28-21
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Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Merrimack
Week 3 · W 27-13
1
Havoc Plays
48.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Liberty
Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
#5
vs UT Martin
Week 5 · L 13-24
1
Havoc Plays
37.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 37.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State
5 primary output · 12.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage
39.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · App State
38.5
0.5 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Kennesaw State
21
2 primary · 10.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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