Jermar Jefferson: RB · Oregon State · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jermar Jefferson
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Three seasons in the Oregon State backfield to date. First career honor, 2020: All-Pac-12. One game to point at: 226 rushing yards and 9 receiving yards against Oregon — Week 13, 2020.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
32.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 20.3% of his carries. 18 carries for 80 yds vs Stanford; 29 for 226 vs Oregon.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
7 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (70.0%). 7 of the team's 16 inside-the-5 carries (43.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
OregonLive Nov 2OregonLive Oct 26
Sports Illustrated Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oregon State | 133 | 858 | 6.5 | 7 | 82 |
| 2019 | Oregon State | 142 | 685 | 4.8 | 8 | 54 |
| 2018 | Oregon State | 239 | 1,381 | 5.8 | 12 | 62 |
| Career | 514 | 2,924 | 5.7 | 27 | 82 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oregon State | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 0 | 20 |
| 2019 | Oregon State | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 2 | 39 |
| 2018 | Oregon State | 25 | 147 | 5.9 | 0 | 15 |
| Career | 43 | 299 | 7.0 | 2 | 39 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
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| 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 No. 9 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 |
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 · T. Bradford — 8 rec · 93 yds · 14 rush yds (2 car)
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
51%133 carriesFumble rate
1.5%2 of 133 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.5 yds/carry on 133 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 51% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Jonathan Smith — 9-22 over that span.
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
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
47.6%
232 pass / 255 run
Plays / game
69.6
7 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
250 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon State, 2,924 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #257 overall by the Detroit Lions.
A stat line in 27 games over three seasons.
The snaps went the other way.
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 every college season under Jonathan Smith.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 6th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 6th NFL season
