Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025UCLA
Jaivian Thomas
RB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Oakland, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jaivian Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 41 efficiency.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- California • UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Player Story
Jaivian Thomas built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Oakland, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with California and UCLA. The clearest part of Jaivian Thomas' career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jaivian Thomas, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · California. Jaivian Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 41 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,221
- Rushing yards
- 1,042
- Receiving yards
- 179
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Jaivian Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,221
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · California
- Top game
- San Diego State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Nolan Catholic · California
- High school pipeline
- McClymonds · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Junior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 370 scrimmage yards · RB 262nd (top 36%) · Big Ten 90th (top 27%) · National 678th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 7 | 134 | 110 | 24 | 2 | 43.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | California | 12 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 64.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 12 | 686 | 598 | 88 | 7 | 64.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 10 | 370 | 306 | 64 | 1 | 53.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California to UCLA | P4 to P4 | 80.3 | Apr 25, 2025 |
Jaivian Thomas played RB for California and UCLA. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jaivian Thomas recorded 1,042 rushing yards, 179 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
California paired 717 primary output with 57.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 41 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across California, UCLA.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Loss with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
37
Efficiency
41
Usage
18.2
Consistency
68.8
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah: 17. UNLV: 62. New Mexico: 33. Northwestern: 47. Penn State: 60. Michigan State: 62. Maryland: 16. Indiana: 17. Nebraska: 39. Ohio State: 17
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. Utah: 7 by 25.3. UNLV: 7 by 86.9. New Mexico: 6 by 44.8. Northwestern: 8 by 62.9. Penn State: 16 by 39.1. Michigan State: 13 by 48. Maryland: 4 by 31.3. Indiana: 8 by 19.6. Nebraska: 12 by 33.9. Ohio State: 11 by 18.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins46 · Games = 3 · +12.9 vs Losses
Losses33.1 · Games = 7 · -12.9 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
UNLV
Best efficiency game
86.9 vs UNLV
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/16 | @ Ohio State | L 10-48 | 9 | 17 | 1.90 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Nebraska | L 21-28 | 12 | 39 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Indiana | L 6-56 | 7 | 12 | 1.70 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.1 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Maryland | W 20-17 | 3 | 7 | 2.30 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Michigan State | W 38-13 | 12 | 54 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Penn State | W 42-37 | 16 | 60 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Northwestern | L 14-17 | 7 | 43 | 6.10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5.9 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs New Mexico | L 10-35 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 5.5 |
| Sun 9/7 | @ UNLV | L 23-30 | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8.9 |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Utah | L 10-43 | 7 | 17 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — | 2.4 |
Player Story
Jaivian Thomas story
Jaivian Thomas built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Oakland, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with California and UCLA. The clearest part of Jaivian Thomas' career was his backfield work: 1,042 rushing yards, 200 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 179 receiving yards across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with California. 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 179 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California and UCLA.
The arc is straightforward: Jaivian Thomas 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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California
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
UCLA
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 134 | 66.4 | 5.2 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | California | 717 | 57.4 | 15.9 | 583 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 717 | 57.4 | 15.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 370 | 41 | 18.2 | -347 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San Diego State
Week 3 · W 31-10
Win with 173 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
173
Scrimmage Yards
90.6 takeover
173 scrimmage yards and 28.6 usage.
#2
@ No. 57 UNLV
Week 2 · L 23-30
62
Scrimmage Yards
73.6 takeover
Loss with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.
#3
@ No. 82 Michigan State
Week 7 · W 38-13 · Conference game
62
Scrimmage Yards
70.3 takeover
Win with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 22 usage.
#4
@ North Texas
Week 1 · W 58-21
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Scrimmage Yards
67.1 takeover
Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
36 scrimmage yards and 4.8 usage.
#5
vs No. 15 Penn State
Week 6 · W 42-37 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Scrimmage Yards
67.1 takeover
Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
60 scrimmage yards and 22.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · California
717 primary output · 57.4 efficiency · 15.9 usage
64.5
#2
2024 Regular Season · California
64.5
717 primary · 57.4 efficiency · 15.9 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · UCLA
53.4
370 primary · 41 efficiency · 18.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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