Last confirmed: Nebraska, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′9″ · Homewood, AL
Ameer Abdullah: RB · Nebraska · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ameer Abdullah
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. On tape: 232 rushing yards and 9 receiving yards against Florida Atlantic, Week 1, 2014.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 16.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.5% of his carries. 6 carries for 1 yds vs Purdue; 21 for 227 vs Florida Atlantic.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
47.0% of carries overall (259/551) → 24.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (25/104) — 88.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
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
13 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.2%). 17 of the team's 39 inside-the-5 carries (43.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 20
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-7vs Florida Atlantic | 21 | 232 | 11.0 | 1 | 47 | 232-yard day |
| Wk 2 | W 31-24vs McNeese | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-19@ Fresno State | 19 | 110 | 5.8 | 1 | 57 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-31vs Miami | 35 | 229 | 6.5 | 2 | 26 | 229-yard day |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Illinois | 22 | 208 | 9.5 | 3 | 28 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 6 | L 22-27@ No. 10 Michigan State | 24 | 45 | 1.9 | 2 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-17@ Northwestern | 23 | 146 | 6.3 | 4 | 50 | 4 rushing TDs |
| Wk 9 | W 42-24vs Rutgers | 19 | 225 | 11.8 | 3 | 53 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 10 | W 35-14vs Purdue | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-59@ No. 22 Wisconsin | 18 | 69 | 3.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-28vs Minnesota | 20 | 98 | 4.9 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-34@ Iowa | 13 | 106 | 8.2 | 0 | 53 | |
 Bowl | L 42-45@ No. 24 USC | 27 | 88 | 3.3 | 1 | 20 | |
| Total | 264 | 1611 | 6.1 | 19 | 57 |
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 — 11 points · 39 long · 100 percent on field goals
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
54%236 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.1 yds/carry on 264 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 54% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 150 | 6.7 | 1.6 |
| Road5g | 95.2 | 5.2 | 1.4 |
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
Head Coach
Bo Pelini
Pass share
38.1%
357 pass / 579 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
390 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2014
264 carries and 22 catches in 13 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Nebraska, 1,611 rushing yards — drafted at #54 overall by the Detroit Lions.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2011–2014
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bo Pelini.
Where he ended up · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 12th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 12th NFL season
