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 Score

27.1

Efficiency

64.4

Consistency

81.6

Season Value

68.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Scouting Read

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

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 55. Unknown: 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

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. Miami: 11 by 52.1. Unknown: 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.

Wins103.1 · Games = 10 · +27.6 vs Losses
Losses75.5 · Games = 2 · -27.6 vs Wins
First Half86 · Games = 7 · -28.7 vs Second Half
Second Half114.7 · Games = 6 · +28.7 vs First Half

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

100 vs Unknown

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 Unknown100 rush yards910812112

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

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

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Michigan

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

166

Primary metric

166 scrimmage yards and 39.4 usage.

#2

Ohio

130

Primary metric

Win with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

130 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.

#3

Unknown

108

Primary metric

Game with 108 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

108 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.

#4

Rutgers

124

Primary metric

Win with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

124 scrimmage yards and 38.5 usage.

#5

Penn State

105

Primary metric

Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

105 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · Ohio State

1,290 primary output · 64.4 efficiency · 27.1 usage

68.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Ohio State

68.3

1,290 primary · 64.4 efficiency · 27.1 usage

Milestones

6

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.932

Villa Angela-St. Joseph · Cleveland, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

1,290

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 13 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.