Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2023New Mexico State
Jamari Buddin
LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Ypsilanti, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jamari Buddin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Penn State • New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Jamari Buddin, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State. Jamari Buddin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 12
- TFL
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Jamari Buddin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 12
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Belleville · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Belleville · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Sophomore
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 34.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Mexico State to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 22.6 | Dec 2, 2023 |
| 2023 | Penn State to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 22.6 | Jan 12, 2023 |
Jamari Buddin played LB for Penn State and New Mexico State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jamari Buddin recorded 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Penn State paired 0 primary output with 8.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.3 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, New Mexico State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
8.3
Usage
1.9
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 0. Ohio: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 1. Indiana: 0.5. Maryland: 0. Rutgers: 1
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. Purdue: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 1 by 14.2. Indiana: 2 by 13.3. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Minnesota
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Penn State
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
New Mexico State
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 8.4 | 1.7 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 2.5 | 8.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Minnesota
Week 8 · W 45-17 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 12 · W 55-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
43.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Indiana
Week 10 · W 45-14 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
28.6 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Ball State
Week 2 · W 44-13
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Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Central Michigan
Week 4 · W 33-14
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Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Penn State
0 primary output · 8.4 efficiency · 1.7 usage
40.7
#2
2022 Regular Season · Penn State
34.7
2.5 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.9 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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