Player Dossier

2023-2025

Rutgers

Ja'shon Benjamin

RB • 5'9" • 203 lbs • Pahokee, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Ja'shon Benjamin leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Rutgers
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Player Story

Ja'shon Benjamin built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Pahokee, FL wearing No. 20, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Ja'shon Benjamin's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8533

Pahokee · Pahokee, FL

Committed To
Rutgers
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Ja'shon Benjamin, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Rutgers. Ja'shon Benjamin leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
685
Rushing yards
600
Receiving yards
85
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Ja'shon Benjamin quick answers

Latest team and position
Rutgers · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
685
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Rutgers
Top game
Oregon
Recruit profile
3-star · Pahokee · Rutgers
High school pipeline
Pahokee · 34 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Junior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
347 scrimmage yards · RB 273rd (top 38%) · Big Ten 95th (top 28%) · National 716th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonRutgers722617254248
2024 PostseasonRutgers340337243.8
2024 Regular SeasonRutgers372675043.8
2025 Regular SeasonRutgers1034732819255.9

Related Context

Ja'shon Benjamin played RB for Rutgers. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ja'shon Benjamin recorded 600 rushing yards, 85 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Rutgers.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Rutgers paired 347 primary output with 48.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 48.3 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: Oregon

Loss with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Rutgers

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

34.7

Efficiency

48.3

Usage

12.8

Consistency

38.7

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 17. Miami (OH): 17. Norfolk State: 74. Iowa: 5. Washington: 13. Oregon: 69. Purdue: 78. Illinois: 43. Maryland: 10. Ohio State: 21

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. Ohio: 3 by 59. Miami (OH): 6 by 29.5. Norfolk State: 13 by 59.1. Iowa: 3 by 19.4. Washington: 2 by 70.8. Oregon: 18 by 39.9. Purdue: 8 by 90.6. Illinois: 9 by 48.8. Maryland: 3 by 34.7. Ohio State: 7 by 31.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins39.2 · Games = 5 · +9.0 vs Losses
Losses30.2 · Games = 5 · -9.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Oregon

Best efficiency game

90.6 vs Purdue

Result
Sat 11/22@ Ohio StateL 9-42721303
Sat 11/8vs MarylandW 35-203103.3003.3
Sat 11/1@ IllinoisL 13-358374.600164.8
Sat 10/25@ PurdueW 27-248789.8009.8
Sat 10/18vs OregonL 10-5618693.8013.8
Sat 10/11@ WashingtonL 19-381770166.5
Sat 9/20vs IowaL 28-382420111.7
Sat 9/13vs Norfolk StateW 60-1012685.701165.7
Sat 9/6vs Miami (OH)W 45-176172.8002.8
Thu 8/28vs OhioW 34-313175.7005.7

Player Story

Ja'shon Benjamin story

Ja'shon Benjamin built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Pahokee, FL wearing No. 20, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Ja'shon Benjamin's career was his backfield work: 600 rushing yards, 132 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 85 receiving yards across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 85 receiving yards and 64 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ja'shon Benjamin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Rutgers

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonRutgers22643.812.6
2024 PostseasonRutgers11240.313.8-114
2024 Regular SeasonRutgers11240.313.80
2025 Regular SeasonRutgers34748.312.8235

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 4 Oregon

Week 8 · L 10-56 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

76.1 takeover

69 scrimmage yards and 36 usage.

#2

vs Minnesota

Week 11 · W 26-19 · Conference game

71

Scrimmage Yards

75.9 takeover

Win with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

71 scrimmage yards and 23.6 usage.

#3

@ No. 90 Purdue

Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

74.9 takeover

Win with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

78 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.

#4

vs Temple

Week 2 · W 36-7

69

Scrimmage Yards

73.5 takeover

Win with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

69 scrimmage yards and 9.7 usage.

#5

vs Norfolk State

Week 3 · W 60-10

74

Scrimmage Yards

69.2 takeover

Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

74 scrimmage yards and 18.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Rutgers

347 primary output · 48.3 efficiency · 12.8 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Rutgers

48

226 primary · 43.8 efficiency · 12.6 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Rutgers

43.8

112 primary · 40.3 efficiency · 13.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games