Player Dossier

2023-2025

Buffalo

Lamar Sperling

RB • 5'10" • 189 lbs • Akron, OH, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Lamar Sperling leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

11

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Player Story

Lamar Sperling built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Akron, OH wearing No. 32, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Lamar Sperling's career was his backfield work: 401...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8337

Archbishop Hoban · Akron, OH

Committed To
Buffalo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Lamar Sperling, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo. Lamar Sperling leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
472
Rushing yards
401
Receiving yards
71
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Lamar Sperling quick answers

Latest team and position
Buffalo · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
472
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
Top game
Massachusetts
Recruit profile
3-star · Archbishop Hoban · Buffalo
High school pipeline
Archbishop Hoban · 38 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 32 · Sophomore
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
246 scrimmage yards · RB 340th (top 47%) · Mid-American 75th (top 29%) · National 923rd (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo217170033.4
2024 PostseasonBuffalo10471928042.9
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo1016213131242.9
2025 Regular SeasonBuffalo824623412150.8

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Buffalo to UTEPG5/FCS to G5/FCS76.1Feb 3, 2026

Lamar Sperling played RB for Buffalo. Across 3 tracked seasons, Lamar Sperling recorded 401 rushing yards, 71 receiving yards, and 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Buffalo paired 246 primary output with 48.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 48.4 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: UConn

Loss with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

30.8

Efficiency

48.4

Usage

9

Consistency

29.3

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. St. Francis (PA): 48. Kent State: 2. Troy: 40. UConn: 106. Massachusetts: 10. Akron: 9. Miami (OH): 19. Ohio: 12

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. St. Francis (PA): 11 by 45.5. Kent State: 2 by 10.4. Troy: 8 by 52.1. UConn: 9 by 99.1. Massachusetts: 2 by 33.3. Akron: 4 by 23.4. Miami (OH): 3 by 66. Ohio: 3 by 57.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins20 · Games = 3 · -17.2 vs Losses
Losses37.2 · Games = 5 · +17.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

99.1 vs UConn

Result
Fri 11/28vs OhioL 26-312136.5001-14
Thu 11/20vs Miami (OH)L 20-373196.3006.3
Sat 10/25vs AkronL 16-24492.3002.3
Sat 10/18@ MassachusettsW 28-211220185
Sat 9/27vs UConn100 rush yardsL 17-20910611.80111.8
Sat 9/20vs TroyL 17-2173550155
Sat 9/13@ Kent StateW 31-2822101
Sat 9/6vs St. Francis (PA)W 45-611484.4004.4

Player Story

Lamar Sperling story

Lamar Sperling built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Akron, OH wearing No. 32, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Lamar Sperling's career was his backfield work: 401 rushing yards, 82 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 71 receiving yards across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 71 receiving yards, 7 tackles, and 133 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Lamar Sperling's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Buffalo

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo1746.93.6
2024 PostseasonBuffalo20934.78192
2024 Regular SeasonBuffalo20934.780
2025 Regular SeasonBuffalo24648.4937

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Massachusetts

Week 3 · W 34-3

Win with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

83.5 takeover

96 scrimmage yards and 32.7 usage.

#2

vs No. 53 UConn

Week 5 · L 17-20

106

Scrimmage Yards

80.9 takeover

Loss with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

106 scrimmage yards and 15.3 usage.

#3

@ Akron

Week 5 · W 13-10 · Conference game

12

Scrimmage Yards

52.5 takeover

Win with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

12 scrimmage yards and 5.5 usage.

#4

@ Liberty

Week 1 · W 26-7 · Postseason

47

Scrimmage Yards

46.6 takeover

Win with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

47 scrimmage yards and 7.7 usage.

#5

vs No. 87 Troy

Week 4 · L 17-21

40

Scrimmage Yards

45.8 takeover

Loss with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

40 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

246 primary output · 48.4 efficiency · 9 usage

50.8

#2

2024 Postseason · Buffalo

42.9

209 primary · 34.7 efficiency · 8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Buffalo

42.9

209 primary · 34.7 efficiency · 8 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games