California, 2007–09
Jahvid Best
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 5′10″
- Hometown
- Vallejo, CA
- Born
- Jan 30, 1989, in Berkeley, California
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Jahvid Best played at California (2007–09). The Detroit Lions took Best in the first round, No. 30 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
311rushing yards, career highvs. Washington, 20085rushing touchdowns, career highat Minnesota, 20097catches, career highat Arizona State, 2009Honors
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | California | 29 | 221 | 7.6 | 2 | 64 |
| 2008* | California | 194 | 1,580 | 8.1 | 15 | 86 |
| 2009 | California | 141 | 867 | 6.1 | 12 | 93 |
| Career | 364 | 2,668 | 7.3 | 29 | 93 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | California | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 1 | 16 |
| 2008* | California | 27 | 246 | 9.1 | 1 | 42 |
| 2009 | California | 22 | 213 | 9.7 | 4 | 51 |
| Career | 62 | 533 | 8.6 | 6 | 51 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2008 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009N | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| On file | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | California | 4 | ||
| 2008 | California | 4 | ||
| 2009 | California | 4 | 5′10″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2009 California 9 games, 867 rushing yards, 12 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Maryland | W 52–13 | 10 | 137 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Eastern Washington | W 59–7 | 17 | 144 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
| Sep 19 | at Minnesota | W 35–21 | 26 | 131 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | at Oregon | L 3–42 | 16 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs. USC | L 3–30 | 14 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | at UCLA | W 45–26 | 18 | 102 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 1 |
| Oct 24 | vs. Washington State | W 49–17 | 13 | 159 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Oct 31 | at Arizona State | W 23–21 | 18 | 63 | 0 | 7 | 61 | 1 |
| Nov 7 | vs. Oregon State | L 14–31 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
2008 California 12 games, 1,580 rushing yards, 15 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Michigan State | W 38–31 | 24 | 111 | 1 | 5 | 63 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | atWashington State | W 66–3 | 14 | 200 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | atMaryland | L 27–35 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 65 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | vs. Colorado State | W 42–7 | 11 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Arizona | L 27–42 | 16 | 107 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs.UCLA | W 41–20 | 17 | 115 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | vs.Oregon | W 26–16 | 16 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | atUSC | L 3–17 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | atOregon State | L 21–34 | 15 | 116 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 22 | vs. Stanford | W 37–16 | 19 | 201 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 1 |
| Dec 6 | vs. Washington | W 48–7 | 19 | 311 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Miami | W 24–17 | 20 | 186 | 2 | – | – | – |
2007 California 10 games, 221 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Tennessee | W 45–31 | 4 | 46 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 8 | atColorado State | W 34–28 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 42–12 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | vs.Arizona | W 45–27 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | atOregon | W 31–24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 13 | vs.Oregon State | L 28–31 | 1 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 20 | atUCLA | L 21–30 | 3 | −6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | atArizona State | L 20–31 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs.Washington State | W 20–17 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs.USC | L 17–24 | 3 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅛″ |
| Weight | 199 lb |
| Arm length | 31¾″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.35 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.51 sW |
| Vertical jump | 35½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ |
| Bench press | 18 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.75 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.17 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 21 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Detroit Lions | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Detroit Lions | 6 | – | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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