Player Dossier

2025-2025

Ohio State

Bo Jackson

RB • 6'0" • 217 lbs • Cleveland, OH, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Bo Jackson leans balanced backfield option traits and 64.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

53%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

64

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Player Story

Bo Jackson built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 25, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Bo Jackson's career was his backfield work: 1,090 rushing yards,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.932

Villa Angela-St. Joseph · Cleveland, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Bo Jackson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Ohio State. Bo Jackson leans balanced backfield option traits and 64.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,290
Rushing yards
1,090
Receiving yards
200
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Bo Jackson quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,290
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Ohio State
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
4-star · Villa Angela-St. Joseph · Ohio State
High school pipeline
Villa Angela-St. Joseph · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Freshman
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
1,290 scrimmage yards · RB 25th (top 4%) · Big Ten 4th (top 2%) · National 28th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2025 PostseasonOhio State1355550180.8
2025 Regular SeasonOhio State131,2351,035200680.8

Related Context

Bo Jackson played RB for Ohio State. Across 1 tracked season, Bo Jackson recorded 1,090 rushing yards, 200 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Ohio State paired 1,290 primary output with 64.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 64.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Ohio State

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

99.2

Efficiency

64.4

Usage

27.1

Consistency

81.6

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 55. Grambling: 108. Ohio: 130. Washington: 85. Minnesota: 74. Illinois: 67. Wisconsin: 83. Penn State: 105. Purdue: 85. UCLA: 112. Rutgers: 124. Michigan: 166. Indiana: 96

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 11 by 52.1. Grambling: 9 by 100. Ohio: 11 by 99.2. Washington: 18 by 49.1. Minnesota: 14 by 52.3. Illinois: 12 by 52.6. Wisconsin: 15 by 39.3. Penn State: 13 by 83.7. Purdue: 15 by 57.1. UCLA: 15 by 77.8. Rutgers: 20 by 62. Michigan: 26 by 59.8. Indiana: 19 by 51.6

Split Comparison

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

Wins103.5 · Games = 11 · +28.0 vs Losses
Losses75.5 · Games = 2 · -28.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

100 vs Grambling

Result
Thu 1/1vs MiamiL 14-241155515
Sun 12/7vs IndianaL 10-1317834.9002135.1
Sat 11/29@ Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 27-9221175.3004496.4
Sat 11/22vs Rutgers100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 42-9191105.8021146.2
Sun 11/16vs UCLA100 rush yardsW 48-10151127.5017.5
Sat 11/8@ PurdueW 34-1014755.4001105.7
Sat 11/1vs Penn State100 rush yardsW 38-14131058.1008.1
Sat 10/18@ WisconsinW 34-010262.6005575.5
Sat 10/11@ IllinoisW 34-1610474.7002205.6
Sat 10/4vs MinnesotaW 42-313634.8011115.3
Sat 9/27@ WashingtonW 24-617804.700154.7
Sat 9/13vs Ohio100 rush yardsW 37-9910912.10022111.8
Sat 9/6vs Grambling100 rush yardsW 70-0910812112

Player Story

Bo Jackson story

Bo Jackson built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 25, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Bo Jackson's career was his backfield work: 1,090 rushing yards, 179 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 200 receiving yards across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Ohio State. 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 200 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio State.

The arc is straightforward: Bo Jackson 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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    Ohio State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonOhio State1,29064.427.1
2025 Regular SeasonOhio State1,29064.427.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 25 Michigan

Week 14 · W 27-9 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

166

Scrimmage Yards

86.6 takeover

166 scrimmage yards and 39.4 usage.

#2

vs No. 72 Rutgers

Week 13 · W 42-9 · Conference game

124

Scrimmage Yards

78.9 takeover

Win with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

124 scrimmage yards and 38.5 usage.

#3

vs No. 84 Ohio

Week 3 · W 37-9

130

Scrimmage Yards

78.2 takeover

Win with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

130 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.

#4

vs No. 15 Penn State

Week 10 · W 38-14 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

105

Scrimmage Yards

72.8 takeover

Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

105 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.

#5

vs No. 98 UCLA

Week 12 · W 48-10 · Conference game

112

Scrimmage Yards

72.6 takeover

Win with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

112 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Ohio State

1,290 primary output · 64.4 efficiency · 27.1 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Ohio State

80.8

1,290 primary · 64.4 efficiency · 27.1 usage

Milestones

6

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games