Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Oklahoma
Jovantae Barnes
RB • 6'0" • 211 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jovantae Barnes leans balanced backfield option traits and 21.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
71
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
62
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oklahoma
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Maine
Player Story
Jovantae Barnes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 2, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Jovantae Barnes' career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jovantae Barnes, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma. Jovantae Barnes leans balanced backfield option traits and 21.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,469
- Rushing yards
- 1,281
- Receiving yards
- 188
- Touchdowns
- 13
Quick Answers
Jovantae Barnes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oklahoma · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,469
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma
- Top game
- Maine
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Desert Pines · Oklahoma
- High school pipeline
- Desert Pines · 33 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 61 scrimmage yards · RB 523rd (top 72%) · SEC 208th (top 60%) · National 1,715th (top 62%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | Oklahoma | 10 | 108 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 58.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 10 | 437 | 411 | 26 | 4 | 58.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 6 | 163 | 140 | 23 | 1 | 28.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 9 | 700 | 577 | 123 | 6 | 68 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 4 | 61 | 45 | 16 | 1 | 21.5 |
Related Context
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Jovantae Barnes played RB for Oklahoma. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jovantae Barnes recorded 1,281 rushing yards, 188 receiving yards, and 13 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Oklahoma.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Oklahoma paired 700 primary output with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Maine
Win with 222 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
77.8
Efficiency
46.3
Usage
26.9
Consistency
48.8
Best Game by takeover score
Maine
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Temple: 33. Houston: 48. Tulane: 65. Tennessee: 12. Auburn: 61. Texas: 44. South Carolina: 91. Ole Miss: 124. Maine: 222
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Temple: 5 by 68.8. Houston: 15 by 34.2. Tulane: 15 by 41.7. Tennessee: 10 by 14.4. Auburn: 18 by 35.3. Texas: 15 by 29.2. South Carolina: 21 by 43.8. Ole Miss: 21 by 50.8. Maine: 19 by 98.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins85.8 · Games = 5 · +18.0 vs Losses
Losses67.8 · Games = 4 · -18.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Maine
Best efficiency game
98.7 vs Maine
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/2 | vs Maine100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 59-14 | 18 | 203 | 11.30 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11.7 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Ole Miss | L 14-26 | 16 | 67 | 4.20 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 5.9 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs South Carolina | L 9-35 | 17 | 70 | 4.10 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Texas | L 3-34 | 14 | 38 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2.9 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Auburn | W 27-21 | 18 | 61 | 3.40 | 1 | — | — | 3.4 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Tennessee2+ TD | L 15-25 | 8 | 12 | 1.50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Tulane | W 34-19 | 14 | 53 | 3.80 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Houston | W 16-12 | 12 | 40 | 3.30 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3.2 |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Temple | W 51-3 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | — | — | 6.6 |
Player Story
Jovantae Barnes story
Jovantae Barnes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 2, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Jovantae Barnes' career was his backfield work: 1,281 rushing yards, 294 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 188 receiving yards across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Oklahoma. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 188 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oklahoma.
The arc is straightforward: Jovantae Barnes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Oklahoma
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | Oklahoma | 545 | 48.4 | 18.1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 545 | 48.4 | 18.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 163 | 30.9 | 10.5 | -382 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 700 | 46.3 | 26.9 | 537 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 61 | 21.8 | 8.3 | -639 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Maine
Week 10 · W 59-14
Win with 222 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
222
Scrimmage Yards
92 takeover
222 scrimmage yards and 27.1 usage.
#2
@ TCU
Week 5 · L 24-55 · Conference game
114
Scrimmage Yards
83 takeover
Loss with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
114 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.
#3
@ Florida State
Week 1 · L 32-35 · Postseason
108
Scrimmage Yards
78.8 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
108 scrimmage yards and 37 usage.
#4
@ Tulsa
Week 3 · W 66-17
73
Scrimmage Yards
74.4 takeover
Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 24.1 usage.
#5
@ Ole Miss
Week 9 · L 14-26 · Conference game
124
Scrimmage Yards
63.4 takeover
Loss with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
124 scrimmage yards and 29.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma
700 primary output · 46.3 efficiency · 26.9 usage
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#2
2022 Postseason · Oklahoma
58.6
545 primary · 48.4 efficiency · 18.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma
58.6
545 primary · 48.4 efficiency · 18.1 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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