Player Dossier

2024-2025

James Madison

Jobi Malary

RB • 5'11" • 236 lbs • Gresham, OR, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jobi Malary leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

3

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · James Madison

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
James Madison
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Player Story

Jobi Malary built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Gresham, OR wearing No. 28, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Jobi Malary's career was his backfield work: 618...

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Jobi Malary, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · James Madison. Jobi Malary leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
624
Rushing yards
618
Receiving yards
6
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Jobi Malary quick answers

Latest team and position
James Madison · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
624
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · James Madison
Top game
Coastal Carolina
Latest roster
No. 28 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
349 scrimmage yards · RB 271st (top 37%) · Sun Belt 78th (top 30%) · National 710th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2024 PostseasonJames Madison1012120044.2
2024 Regular SeasonJames Madison102632576244.2
2025 PostseasonJames Madison8660050.7
2025 Regular SeasonJames Madison83433430450.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Unlisted to James MadisonUnlisted to G5/FCS15Apr 15, 2024

Jobi Malary played RB for James Madison. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jobi Malary recorded 618 rushing yards, 6 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with James Madison.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

James Madison paired 349 primary output with 51.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 51.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Win with 154 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · James Madison

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

43.6

Efficiency

51.7

Usage

9.3

Consistency

24.4

Best Game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 6. Weber State: 31. Old Dominion: 1. Texas State: 10. App State: 105. Washington State: 17. Coastal Carolina: 154. Troy: 25

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. Oregon: 2 by 31.3. Weber State: 5 by 64.6. Old Dominion: 1 by 10.4. Texas State: 3 by 34.7. App State: 8 by 100. Washington State: 6 by 29.5. Coastal Carolina: 12 by 100. Troy: 6 by 43.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins49 · Games = 7 · +43 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 1 · -43 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

Best efficiency game

100 vs Coastal Carolina

Result
Sun 12/21@ OregonL 34-5126303
Sat 12/6vs TroyW 31-146254.2004.2
Sat 11/29@ Coastal Carolina100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 59-101215412.80112.8
Sat 11/22vs Washington StateW 24-206172.8002.8
Sat 11/15vs App State100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 58-10810513.10313.1
Wed 10/29@ Texas StateW 52-203103.3003.3
Sat 10/18vs Old DominionW 63-2711101
Sat 8/30vs Weber StateW 45-105316.2006.2

Player Story

Jobi Malary story

Jobi Malary built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Gresham, OR wearing No. 28, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Jobi Malary's career was his backfield work: 618 rushing yards, 88 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 6 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jobi Malary's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    James Madison

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonJames Madison27551.57.5
2024 Regular SeasonJames Madison27551.57.50
2025 PostseasonJames Madison34951.79.374
2025 Regular SeasonJames Madison34951.79.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 121 Coastal Carolina

Week 14 · W 59-10 · Conference game

Win with 154 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

154

Scrimmage Yards

84.6 takeover

154 scrimmage yards and 18.8 usage.

#2

vs Marshall

Week 14 · L 33-35 · Conference game

106

Scrimmage Yards

79.1 takeover

Loss with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

106 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.

#3

vs No. 111 App State

Week 12 · W 58-10 · Conference game

105

Scrimmage Yards

66.1 takeover

Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

105 scrimmage yards and 10.5 usage.

#4

vs Georgia State

Week 11 · W 38-7 · Conference game

60

Scrimmage Yards

57 takeover

Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

60 scrimmage yards and 15.8 usage.

#5

vs Ball State

Week 5 · W 63-7

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Scrimmage Yards

55.2 takeover

Win with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

50 scrimmage yards and 9.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · James Madison

349 primary output · 51.7 efficiency · 9.3 usage

50.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · James Madison

50.7

349 primary · 51.7 efficiency · 9.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · James Madison

44.2

275 primary · 51.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage

Milestones

3

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games