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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
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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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
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- 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 5,278
- Rushing yards
- 4,588
- Receiving yards
- 690
- Touchdowns
- 48
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Ameer Abdullah Nebraska Highlights
2014 · Nebraska · Player Highlight
Ameer Abdullah college highlights at Nebraska.
- Season
- 2014
- Type
- Player highlight
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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Nebraska | 13 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 21.2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Nebraska | 13 | 162 | 151 | 11 | 3 | 21.2 |
| 2012 Postseason | Nebraska | 14 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 68.8 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Nebraska | 14 | 1,267 | 1,089 | 178 | 11 | 68.8 |
| 2013 Postseason | Nebraska | 13 | 122 | 122 | 0 | 1 | 86.2 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Nebraska | 13 | 1,800 | 1,568 | 232 | 10 | 86.2 |
| 2014 Postseason | Nebraska | 13 | 149 | 88 | 61 | 1 | 82 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Nebraska | 13 | 1,731 | 1,523 | 208 | 21 | 82 |
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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.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason
Nebraska paired 1,922 primary output with 63.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 63.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Postseason · Nebraska
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
147.8
Efficiency
63.5
Usage
40
Consistency
81.5
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 122. Wyoming: 117. Southern Miss: 130. UCLA: 148. South Dakota State: 185. Illinois: 240. Purdue: 133. Minnesota: 171. Northwestern: 158. Michigan: 110. Michigan State: 135. Penn State: 165. Iowa: 108
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia: 27 by 47.1. Wyoming: 20 by 61.9. Southern Miss: 21 by 67.7. UCLA: 26 by 50.3. South Dakota State: 18 by 92.8. Illinois: 21 by 97.6. Purdue: 22 by 64.6. Minnesota: 22 by 82.4. Northwestern: 27 by 57.5. Michigan: 28 by 40.7. Michigan State: 23 by 59.4. Penn State: 27 by 62.2. Iowa: 25 by 41.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins151.1 · Games = 9 · +10.6 vs Losses
Losses140.5 · Games = 4 · -10.6 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
Illinois
Best efficiency game
97.6 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/1 | @ Georgia100 rush yards | W 24-19 | 27 | 122 | 4.50 | 1 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Fri 11/29 | vs Iowa | L 17-38 | 23 | 85 | 3.70 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Penn State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 23-20 | 25 | 147 | 5.90 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6.1 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Michigan State100 rush yards | L 28-41 | 22 | 123 | 5.60 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5.9 |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Michigan100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 17-13 | 27 | 105 | 3.90 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Northwestern100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 27-24 | 24 | 127 | 5.30 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 5.9 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Minnesota100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 23-34 | 19 | 165 | 8.70 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7.8 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Purdue100 rush yards | W 44-7 | 20 | 126 | 6.30 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6.0 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Illinois100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 39-19 | 20 | 225 | 11.30 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11.4 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs South Dakota State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 59-20 | 15 | 139 | 9.30 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 10.3 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs UCLA | L 21-41 | 23 | 98 | 4.30 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 5.7 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Southern Miss100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 56-13 | 17 | 114 | 6.70 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 6.2 |
| Sun 9/1 | vs Wyoming100 rush yards | W 37-34 | 19 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.8 |
Player Story
Ameer Abdullah 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: 4,588 rushing yards, 813 carries, 39 rushing touchdowns, and 690 receiving yards across 53 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Nebraska. 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 690 receiving yards and 1,908 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 53 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska.
The arc is straightforward: Ameer Abdullah 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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Nebraska
2011-2014
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | Nebraska | 161 | 36.9 | 5.5 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Nebraska | 161 | 36.9 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | Nebraska | 1,315 | 54.7 | 28.2 | 1,154 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1,315 | 54.7 | 28.2 | 0 |
| 2013 Postseason | Nebraska | 1,922 | 63.5 | 40 | 607 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1,922 | 63.5 | 40 | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | Nebraska | 1,880 | 59.3 | 37.3 | -42 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1,880 | 59.3 | 37.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Rutgers
Week 9 · W 42-24 · Conference game
Win with 251 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
99.9 takeover
251 scrimmage yards and 38.9 usage.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 6 · W 39-19 · Conference game
240
Scrimmage Yards
99.2 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
240 scrimmage yards and 35 usage.
#3
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 1 · W 55-7
241
Scrimmage Yards
92.2 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
241 scrimmage yards and 29.7 usage.
#4
vs Arkansas State
Week 3 · W 42-13
206
Scrimmage Yards
87.2 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
206 scrimmage yards and 44.4 usage.
#5
vs Miami
Week 4 · W 41-31
232
Scrimmage Yards
86.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
232 scrimmage yards and 58.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Postseason · Nebraska
1,922 primary output · 63.5 efficiency · 40 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · Nebraska
86.2
1,922 primary · 63.5 efficiency · 40 usage
#3
2014 Postseason · Nebraska
82
1,880 primary · 59.3 efficiency · 37.3 usage
Milestones
24
100+ rush yards
12
150+ scrimmage yards
12
2+ TD games
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