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 Score

9

Efficiency

48.4

Consistency

29.3

Season Value

46.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Scouting Read

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

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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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

Ohio

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

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

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 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.

Wins6 · Games = 2 · -31.2 vs Losses
Losses37.2 · Games = 5 · +31.2 vs Wins
First Half49 · Games = 4 · +36.5 vs Second Half
Second Half12.5 · Games = 4 · -36.5 vs First Half

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 Unknown11484.4004.4

Career Arc

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    Buffalo

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season 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

UConn

Loss with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

106

Primary metric

106 scrimmage yards and 15.3 usage.

#2

Massachusetts

96

Primary metric

Win with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

96 scrimmage yards and 32.7 usage.

#3

Akron

12

Primary metric

Win with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

12 scrimmage yards and 5.5 usage.

#4

Liberty

47

Primary metric

Win with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

47 scrimmage yards and 7.7 usage.

#5

Troy

40

Primary metric

Loss with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

40 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Buffalo

246 primary output · 48.4 efficiency · 9 usage

46.1

#2

2024 Postseason · Buffalo

38.7

209 primary · 34.7 efficiency · 8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Buffalo

38.7

209 primary · 34.7 efficiency · 8 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8337

Archbishop Hoban · Akron, OH

Committed To
Buffalo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

472

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 20 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.