Player Dossier

2022-2025

San José State

Jabari Bates

RB • 5'7" • 179 lbs • Compton, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jabari Bates leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.1 efficiency.

Usage Score

15.6

Efficiency

60.1

Consistency

41.9

Season Value

48.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
San José State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

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.

Jabari Bates, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · San José State. Jabari Bates leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.1 efficiency.

Jabari Bates played RB for San José State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jabari Bates recorded 479 rushing yards, 61 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with San José State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

San José State paired 271 primary output with 43.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 60.1 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: Unknown

Game with 131 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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2025 Regular Season · San José State

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

51

Efficiency

60.1

Usage

15.6

Consistency

41.9

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 0. Texas: 44. Unknown: 131. Stanford: 29

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. Texas: 10 by 45.8. Unknown: 11 by 99.6. Stanford: 7 by 35

Split Comparison

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

Losses24.3 · Games = 3
First Half22 · Games = 2 · -58 vs Second Half
Second Half80 · Games = 2 · +58 vs First Half
All Games51 · Games = 4

Game Log

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4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

99.6 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 9/27@ StanfordL 29-306172.8001124.1
Sat 9/20vs Unknown100 rush yards1113111.90111.9
Sat 9/6@ TexasL 7-3810444.4014.4
Sat 8/30vs Central MichiganL 14-16

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    San José State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State0
2023 PostseasonSan José State6537.13.865
2023 Regular SeasonSan José State6537.13.80
2024 PostseasonSan José State27143.410206
2024 Regular SeasonSan José State27143.4100
2025 Regular SeasonSan José State20460.115.6-67

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 131 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

131

Primary metric

131 scrimmage yards and 28.2 usage.

#2

Kennesaw State

61

Primary metric

Win with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

61 scrimmage yards and 21.6 usage.

#3

Nevada

58

Primary metric

Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

58 scrimmage yards and 16 usage.

#4

Air Force

13

Primary metric

Loss with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

13 scrimmage yards and 7.3 usage.

#5

Wyoming

36

Primary metric

Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

36 scrimmage yards and 6.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · San José State

271 primary output · 43.4 efficiency · 10 usage

48.3

#2

2024 Regular Season · San José State

48.3

271 primary · 43.4 efficiency · 10 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · San José State

48.3

204 primary · 60.1 efficiency · 15.6 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8528

St. John Bosco · Compton, CA

Committed To
San José State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

540

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 28 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.