Player Dossier

2009-2011

Ohio State

Jaamal Berry

RB • 5'10" • Pinecrest, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jaamal Berry leans balanced backfield option traits and 33 efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

5

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Jaamal Berry built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a running back from Pinecrest, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Jaamal Berry's career was his return-game role: 684...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.9812

Miami Palmetto · Miami, FL

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Jaamal Berry, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Ohio State. Jaamal Berry leans balanced backfield option traits and 33 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
285
Rushing yards
271
Receiving yards
14
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Jaamal Berry quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
285
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 17 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
4-star · Miami Palmetto · Ohio State
High school pipeline
Miami Palmetto · 33 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Class 2011
2011 Scrimmage yards rank
19 scrimmage yards · RB 425th (top 92%) · Big Ten 178th (top 82%) · National 1,759th (top 83%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonOhio State00000-
2010 Regular SeasonOhio State122662660150.8
2011 Regular SeasonOhio State319514023.7

Related Context

Jaamal Berry played RB for Ohio State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jaamal Berry recorded 271 rushing yards, 14 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 266 primary output with 65.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 33 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Game with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2011 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

3

Scrimmage Yards / G

6.3

Efficiency

33

Usage

3.6

Consistency

44.5

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 33. Bowling Green: 63

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half33 · Games = 1 · -30 vs Second Half
Second Half63 · Games = 1 · +30 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

62.1 vs Bowling Green

Result
Sat 9/21@ Bowling Green9556.101285.7
Sat 8/31@ Missouri10191.9003142.5

Player Story

Jaamal Berry story

Jaamal Berry built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a running back from Pinecrest, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Jaamal Berry's career was his return-game role: 684 return yards across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Ohio State. 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 271 rushing yards and 14 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio State.

The arc is straightforward: Jaamal Berry 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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    Ohio State

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2010 Regular SeasonOhio State26665.64.4266
2011 Regular SeasonOhio State19333.6-247

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Bowling Green

Week 4

Game with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

63

Scrimmage Yards

81.1 takeover

63 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#2

vs Marshall

Week 1 · W 45-7

80

Scrimmage Yards

77.4 takeover

Win with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

80 scrimmage yards and 12.1 usage.

#3

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 4 · W 73-20

74

Scrimmage Yards

70 takeover

Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

74 scrimmage yards and 6.1 usage.

#4

@ Miami

Week 3 · L 6-24

13

Scrimmage Yards

55.4 takeover

Loss with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

13 scrimmage yards and 4.9 usage.

#5

vs Indiana

Week 6 · W 38-10 · Conference game

42

Scrimmage Yards

54.5 takeover

Win with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

42 scrimmage yards and 9.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Ohio State

266 primary output · 65.6 efficiency · 4.4 usage

50.8

#2

2011 Regular Season · Ohio State

23.7

19 primary · 33 efficiency · 3.6 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Ohio State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games