Player Dossier

2019-2023

Army

Jakobi Buchanan

RB • 6'0" • 250 lbs • Saint Charles, MO, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jakobi Buchanan leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.7 efficiency.

Usage Score

8.8

Efficiency

29.7

Consistency

35.8

Season Value

27

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Army

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Army
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jakobi Buchanan, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Army. Jakobi Buchanan leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.7 efficiency.

Jakobi Buchanan played RB for Army. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jakobi Buchanan recorded 1,567 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Army.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Army paired 504 primary output with 40 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 29.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Army

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

16.9

Efficiency

29.7

Usage

8.8

Consistency

35.8

Best Game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UL Monroe: 14. Delaware State: 13. UTSA: 30. Syracuse: 22. Boston College: 2. LSU: 2. Massachusetts: 8. Air Force: 9. Coastal Carolina: 60. Navy: 9

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. UL Monroe: 6 by 24.3. Delaware State: 7 by 19.3. UTSA: 8 by 39.1. Syracuse: 6 by 38.2. Boston College: 1 by 20.8. LSU: 1 by 20.8. Massachusetts: 3 by 27.8. Air Force: 3 by 31.3. Coastal Carolina: 12 by 52.1. Navy: 4 by 23.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins24.2 · Games = 5 · +14.6 vs Losses
Losses9.6 · Games = 5 · -14.6 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

Coastal Carolina

Best efficiency game

52.1 vs Coastal Carolina

Result
Sat 12/9vs NavyW 17-11492.3002.3
Sat 11/18vs Coastal CarolinaW 28-211260505
Sat 11/4@ Air ForceW 23-339303
Sat 10/28vs MassachusettsL 14-21382.7002.7
Sat 10/21@ LSUL 0-6212202
Sat 10/7vs Boston CollegeL 24-2712202
Sat 9/23@ SyracuseL 16-296223.7013.7
Fri 9/15@ UTSAW 37-298303.8013.8
Sat 9/9vs Delaware StateW 57-07131.9011.9
Sat 9/2@ UL MonroeL 13-176142.3002.3

Career Arc

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    Army

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonArmy8842.98.4
2020 Regular SeasonArmy47440.815.6386
2021 PostseasonArmy5044016.530
2021 Regular SeasonArmy5044016.50
2022 Regular SeasonArmy33242.713.5-172
2023 Regular SeasonArmy16929.78.8-163

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

UL Monroe

Win with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

106

Primary metric

106 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.

#2

Villanova

55

Primary metric

Win with 55 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

55 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.

#3

Massachusetts

84

Primary metric

Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

84 scrimmage yards and 18 usage.

#4

Coastal Carolina

60

Primary metric

Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

60 scrimmage yards and 19.4 usage.

#5

Massachusetts

63

Primary metric

Win with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

63 scrimmage yards and 14.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Army

504 primary output · 40 efficiency · 16.5 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Army

54.5

504 primary · 40 efficiency · 16.5 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Army

50.4

474 primary · 40.8 efficiency · 15.6 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

6

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

1,567

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 47 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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