Former running back at Oregon State. 2020: 858 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 9 catches.
5′10″ · 217 lb · Harbor City, CA
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 777 nationally · Signed with Oregon State
Statement game31 car · 254 yds · 2 TDat Arizona State (FBS) · L 24-52
Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at Oregon State. 2020: 858 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 9 catches.
Jermar Jefferson
He has spent three seasons in the Oregon State backfield. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-Pac-12. One game to point at: 226 rush yds, 9 rec yds against Oregon — Week 13, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon State, 2,924 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #257 overall by Detroit.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jonathan Smith.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
DetroitEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Jonathan Smith — 9-22 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: long run (97th percentile). Strength: rush yards (91st percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 145 | 6.6 | 1.2 |
| Road1g | 133 | 5.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+6g | 143 | 6.5 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
JaMarcus Shephard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oregon State | 133 | 858 | 6.5 | 7 | -- |
| 2019 | Oregon State | 142 | 685 | 4.8 | 8 | -- |
| 2018 | Oregon State | 239 | 1,381 | 5.8 | 12 | -- |
| Career | 514 | 2,924 | 5.7 | 27 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oregon State | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Oregon State | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Oregon State | 25 | 147 | 5.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 43 | 299 | 7.0 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2020
W 41–38
vs Oregon
226 rush yds (29 car) · 2 TD
Edged out Oregon at home in a shootout.
With T. Gebbia — 263 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 6 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · T. Bradford — 14 rush yds (2 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | L 28-38vs Washington State | 21 | 120 | 5.7 | 3 | 18 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27@ Washington | 23 | 133 | 5.8 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-27vs California | 18 | 196 | 10.9 | 1 | 75 | 196-yard day |
| Wk 13 | W 41-38vs Oregon | 29 | 226 | 7.8 | 2 | 82 | Season-high 226 yds |
| Wk 15 | L 24-27vs Stanford | 18 | 80 | 4.4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 16 | L 33-46vs Arizona State | 24 | 103 | 4.3 | 0 | 25 | |
| Total | 133 | 858 | 6.5 | 7 | 82 |