Player Dossier

2012-2015

San José State

Jarrod Lawson

RB • 5'8" • San Jose, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jarrod Lawson leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.7 efficiency.

Usage Score

4.6

Efficiency

37.7

Consistency

56.5

Season Value

26.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
San José State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Scouting Read

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Jarrod Lawson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · San José State. Jarrod Lawson leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.7 efficiency.

Jarrod Lawson played RB for San José State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jarrod Lawson recorded 994 rushing yards, 332 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with San José State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

San José State paired 1,011 primary output with 49.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 37.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Loss with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2015 Regular Season · San José State

Games

7

Scrimmage Yards / G

9.9

Efficiency

37.7

Usage

4.6

Consistency

56.5

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Air Force: 8. Oregon State: 21. Fresno State: 16. Auburn: 14. UNLV: 6. New Mexico: 1. Hawai'i: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Air Force: 2 by 41.7. Oregon State: 7 by 33.3. Fresno State: 2 by 52.1. Auburn: 3 by 48.6. UNLV: 1 by 62.5. New Mexico: 1 by 10.4. Hawai'i: 2 by 15.6

Split Comparison

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

Wins6.5 · Games = 4 · -7.8 vs Losses
Losses14.3 · Games = 3 · +7.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Oregon State

Best efficiency game

62.5 vs UNLV

Result
Sun 11/22@ Hawai'iW 42-23231.5001.5
Sat 10/24vs New MexicoW 31-2111101
Sun 10/11@ UNLVW 33-2716606
Sat 10/3@ AuburnL 21-353144.7004.7
Sun 9/27vs Fresno StateW 49-2313301138
Sun 9/20@ Oregon StateL 21-356203.300113
Sun 9/13@ Air ForceL 16-371440144

Career Arc

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    San José State

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonSan José State0
2013 Regular SeasonSan José State1,01149.1281,011
2014 Regular SeasonSan José State24634.823.5-765
2015 Regular SeasonSan José State6937.74.6-177

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

UNLV

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

193

Primary metric

193 scrimmage yards and 50 usage.

#2

Colorado State

202

Primary metric

Win with 202 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

202 scrimmage yards and 30 usage.

#3

Nevada

107

Primary metric

Loss with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

107 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.

#4

Minnesota

87

Primary metric

Loss with 87 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

87 scrimmage yards and 41.7 usage.

#5

Navy

154

Primary metric

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

154 scrimmage yards and 40.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · San José State

1,011 primary output · 49.1 efficiency · 28 usage

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#2

2014 Regular Season · San José State

36.2

246 primary · 34.8 efficiency · 23.5 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · San José State

26.4

69 primary · 37.7 efficiency · 4.6 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

1,326

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 21 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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