Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Florida Atlantic
Gemari Sands
RB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Gemari Sands leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Florida Atlantic
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Player Story
Gemari Sands built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Florida Atlantic. The clearest part of Gemari Sands' career was his backfield...
Read the storyGemari Sands, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic. Gemari Sands leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 859
- Rushing yards
- 582
- Receiving yards
- 277
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Gemari Sands quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida Atlantic · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 859
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
- Top game
- Florida International
- High school pipeline
- St. Thomas Aquinas · 173 FBS recruits · 20 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Sophomore
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 682 scrimmage yards · RB 138th (top 19%) · American Athletic 29th (top 11%) · National 275th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 177 | 117 | 60 | 2 | 36.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 682 | 465 | 217 | 0 | 65.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida Atlantic to Florida State | G5/FCS to P4 | 78.2 | Jan 16, 2026 |
Gemari Sands played RB for Florida Atlantic. Across 3 tracked seasons, Gemari Sands recorded 582 rushing yards, 277 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Florida Atlantic.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Florida Atlantic paired 682 primary output with 42.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 42.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Loss with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
56.8
Efficiency
42.3
Usage
19.7
Consistency
65
Best Game by takeover score
Florida International
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Maryland: 63. Florida A&M: 111. Florida International: 118. Memphis: 24. Rice: 8. UAB: 72. South Florida: 21. Navy: 23. Tulsa: 20. Tulane: 88. UConn: 58. East Carolina: 76
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Maryland: 12 by 52.4. Florida A&M: 15 by 80.8. Florida International: 17 by 75.8. Memphis: 7 by 30.5. Rice: 4 by 27.1. UAB: 15 by 46.7. South Florida: 11 by 14.2. Navy: 8 by 31.6. Tulsa: 8 by 17.7. Tulane: 18 by 44.4. UConn: 15 by 41.1. East Carolina: 15 by 44.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins52.8 · Games = 4 · -6.1 vs Losses
Losses58.9 · Games = 8 · +6.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Florida International
Best efficiency game
80.8 vs Florida A&M
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs East Carolina | L 3-42 | 9 | 34 | 3.80 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 5.1 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs UConn | L 45-48 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.9 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Tulane | L 24-35 | 13 | 50 | 3.80 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 4.9 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Tulsa | W 40-21 | 6 | 7 | 1.20 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2.5 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Navy | L 32-42 | 7 | 22 | 3.10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ South Florida | L 13-48 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1.9 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UAB | W 53-33 | 11 | 47 | 4.30 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Rice | W 27-21 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Memphis | L 26-55 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3.4 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Florida International100 rush yards | L 28-38 | 14 | 105 | 7.50 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6.9 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Florida A&M | W 56-14 | 10 | 83 | 8.30 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 7.4 |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Maryland | L 7-39 | 9 | 44 | 4.90 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 5.3 |
Player Story
Gemari Sands story
Gemari Sands built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Florida Atlantic. The clearest part of Gemari Sands' career was his backfield work: 582 rushing yards, 136 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 277 receiving yards across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 277 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 31 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Gemari Sands' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Florida Atlantic
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 177 | 42.5 | 8.4 | 177 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 682 | 42.3 | 19.7 | 505 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 107 Florida International
Week 3 · L 28-38
Loss with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
118
Scrimmage Yards
83.9 takeover
118 scrimmage yards and 26.6 usage.
#2
vs Florida A&M
Week 2 · W 56-14
111
Scrimmage Yards
81 takeover
Win with 111 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
111 scrimmage yards and 23.8 usage.
#3
@ Tulsa
Week 14 · W 63-16 · Conference game
50
Scrimmage Yards
65.3 takeover
Win with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
50 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.
#4
@ No. 45 Tulane
Week 12 · L 24-35 · Conference game
88
Scrimmage Yards
64.9 takeover
Loss with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
88 scrimmage yards and 26.5 usage.
#5
vs Charlotte
Week 13 · L 27-39 · Conference game
48
Scrimmage Yards
64.3 takeover
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
682 primary output · 42.3 efficiency · 19.7 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
36.6
177 primary · 42.5 efficiency · 8.4 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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