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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2011Southern Miss
Jamal Woodyard
RB • 5'8" • Fairhope, AL, USA
Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency
Jamal Woodyard leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 65.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Jamal Woodyard built his college career from 2010 through 2011 as a running back from Fairhope, AL wearing No. 26, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Jamal Woodyard's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Jamal Woodyard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Southern Miss. Jamal Woodyard leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 65.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 891
- Rushing yards
- 732
- Receiving yards
- 159
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Jamal Woodyard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 891
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2011 Postseason · Southern Miss
- Top game
- UTEP
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pike Road · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Pike Road · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Class 2011
- 2011 Scrimmage yards rank
- 891 scrimmage yards · RB 69th (top 15%) · Conference USA 16th (top 8%) · National 150th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Postseason | Southern Miss | 12 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 70.2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 12 | 842 | 683 | 159 | 5 | 70.2 |
Related Context
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Jamal Woodyard played RB for Southern Miss. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jamal Woodyard recorded 732 rushing yards, 159 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason
Southern Miss paired 891 primary output with 65.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 65.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
74.3
Efficiency
65.8
Usage
18.4
Consistency
62.7
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 49. Marshall: 54. SE Louisiana: 142. Virginia: 8. Rice: 16. SMU: 123. UTEP: 134. East Carolina: 83. UCF: 73. UAB: 119. Memphis: 60. Houston: 30
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 3 by 100. Marshall: 11 by 51.1. SE Louisiana: 18 by 74.1. Virginia: 6 by 5.6. Rice: 2 by 83.3. SMU: 13 by 89.4. UTEP: 16 by 84.9. East Carolina: 14 by 60.3. UCF: 13 by 59.9. UAB: 12 by 91.3. Memphis: 14 by 26.9. Houston: 5 by 62.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins71.8 · Games = 10 · -14.7 vs Losses
Losses86.5 · Games = 2 · +14.7 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
UTEP
Best efficiency game
100 vs Nevada
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/25 | vs Nevada | W 24-17 | 3 | 49 | 16.30 | 0 | — | — | 16.3 |
| Sat 12/3 | @ Houston | W 49-28 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Memphis | W 44-7 | 9 | 13 | 1.40 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 4.3 |
| Fri 11/18 | @ UAB | L 31-34 | 10 | 95 | 9.50 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9.9 |
| Sun 11/13 | vs UCF | W 30-29 | 12 | 70 | 5.80 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.6 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ East Carolina | W 48-28 | 10 | 57 | 5.70 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 5.9 |
| Sun 10/30 | @ UTEP100 rush yards | W 31-13 | 16 | 134 | 8.40 | 1 | — | — | 8.4 |
| Sun 10/23 | vs SMU100 rush yards | W 27-3 | 12 | 116 | 9.70 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9.5 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Rice | W 48-24 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Virginia | W 30-24 | 5 | -1 | -0.20 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.3 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs SE Louisiana2+ TD | W 52-6 | 15 | 99 | 6.60 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 7.9 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Marshall | L 20-26 | 11 | 54 | 4.90 | 0 | — | — | 4.9 |
Player Story
Jamal Woodyard story
Jamal Woodyard built his college career from 2010 through 2011 as a running back from Fairhope, AL wearing No. 26, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Jamal Woodyard's career was his backfield work: 732 rushing yards, 110 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 159 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Southern Miss. 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 159 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss.
The arc is straightforward: Jamal Woodyard 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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Southern Miss
2010-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Postseason | Southern Miss | 891 | 65.8 | 18.4 | 891 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 891 | 65.8 | 18.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTEP
Week 9 · W 31-13 · Conference game
Win with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
134
Scrimmage Yards
85.6 takeover
134 scrimmage yards and 27.1 usage.
#2
vs SE Louisiana
Week 3 · W 52-6
142
Scrimmage Yards
82.9 takeover
Win with 142 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
142 scrimmage yards and 26.1 usage.
#3
@ UAB
Week 12 · L 31-34 · Conference game
119
Scrimmage Yards
78.5 takeover
Loss with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
119 scrimmage yards and 21.1 usage.
#4
vs SMU
Week 8 · W 27-3 · Conference game
123
Scrimmage Yards
77.1 takeover
Win with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
123 scrimmage yards and 19.4 usage.
#5
@ East Carolina
Week 10 · W 48-28 · Conference game
83
Scrimmage Yards
68 takeover
Win with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
83 scrimmage yards and 29.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Postseason · Southern Miss
891 primary output · 65.8 efficiency · 18.4 usage
70.2
#2
2011 Regular Season · Southern Miss
70.2
891 primary · 65.8 efficiency · 18.4 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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