Usage / Role
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Featured offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014Nebraska
Ameer Abdullah
RB • 5'9" • Homewood, AL, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Ameer Abdullah leans workhorse runner traits and 59.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
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Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Ameer Abdullah built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Homewood, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Ameer Abdullah's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2015
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 22
- Overall
- No. 54
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Ameer Abdullah, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Nebraska. Ameer Abdullah leans workhorse runner traits and 59.3 efficiency.
Quick Answers
Ameer Abdullah quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 5,278
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 53 games
- Best season
- 2013 Postseason · Nebraska
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kings Mountain
- High school pipeline
- Kings Mountain · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2015 · Round 2 · Pick 22 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2014
- 2014 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,880 scrimmage yards · RB 8th (top 2%) · Big Ten 4th (top 2%) · National 9th (top 1%)
Ameer Abdullah played RB for Nebraska. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ameer Abdullah recorded 4,588 rushing yards, 690 receiving yards, and 48 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Nebraska.
Recognition
Honors
- 20132013 All-Big Ten · official_conference_selectionfirst
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