Ameer Abdullah

Former running back at Nebraska. 2014: 1,611 rushing yards, 19 rushing TD, 22 catches.

RB · Nebraska · #8

5′9″ · Homewood, AL

Detroit — drafted 2015, Rd 2, Pick 22, #54 overall

The story

Former running back at Nebraska. 2014: 1,611 rushing yards, 19 rushing TD, 22 catches.

Drafted round 2 by the Detroit in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Nebraska, 1,611 rushing yards — drafted at #54 overall by Detroit.

His career

2015

Drafted by Detroitround 2, pick 54

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Nebraska

2014

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #54

Detroit · 2015

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DetroitEntering 12th NFL season

#54Rd 2 · Pick 22

DetroitEntering 12th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2014 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Nebraska9-4HC: Bo Pelini · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (97th percentile). Strength: rush yards (96th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#9 / 300 · 97th pct

Rush yards#11 / 300 · 96th pct

1611

Carries#15 / 300 · 95th pct

264

Rec yards#19 / 291 · 94th pct

269

Yards / carry#41 / 300 · 86th pct

6.1

Receptions#43 / 291 · 85th pct

Long run#94 / 300 · 68th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	150	6.7	1.6
Road6g	94.0	4.9	1.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	138	5.9	1.6
Weeks 8+6g	108	5.9	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2014	Nebraska	264	1,611	6.1	19	--
Career		264	1,611	6.1	19	--

Season	Team
2014	Nebraska	22	269	12.2	3	--
Career		22	269	12.2	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2014

W 41–31

vs Miami

229 rush yds (35 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.

With T. Armstrong — 113 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.6 · 96 rush yds (13 car) · D. Brown — 39 LONG · 100 PCT · 11 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week