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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON

Andrew Paul

RB · Jacksonville State · Jr

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

127 RUSH YDS · 3 RUSH TD · 30 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Jacksonville State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Jacksonville State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Jacksonville State

Returning around him

  • 84% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +7 net (20 in / 13 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #111 · 2026 recruiting class #110

RB · JACKSONVILLE STATE · CONFERENCE USA

Andrew Paul

  • 3
  • 5-11 | 215 lb
  • Dallas, TX

CFB Zeitgeist Score

19

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 38th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3799

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2023–2025
1292023
1272025

-2%

Down 2% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#522 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class3
Jersey--
Measurements5-11 | 215 lb
HometownDallas, TX
Primary teamJacksonville State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 522 recruit
Composite rating 0.8826 HighSchool
Signed with Georgia 2022
Origin Parish Episcopal School Dallas, TX, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8826 No. 522 recruit | HighSchool | Georgia

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Jacksonville State 2024
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Apr 15, 2024
Season Move Context
2024 Georgia -> Jacksonville State 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#3799Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#4022Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Georgia

Composite

0.8826

#522 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Andrew Paul

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Andrew Paul

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
127Rush yards
30Carries
3Rush TDs
Per game
12.7Rush yards
3Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
165.1Rush yards
39Carries
4Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 127): needs 207.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 127): needs 291/game over remaining 3.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 127): needs 457.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 2.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 4/game over remaining 3.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 5.7/game over remaining 3.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Andrew Paul's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Jacksonville State, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #3799 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 4.5% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 156 127 rush | 29 rec | #405/735 (45th pct)
Rush TD 3 30 carries | #204/739 (73rd pct)
Yards/carry 4.2 Per-rush efficiency | #455/735 (38th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
30 48th
YDS
127 45th
YPC
4.2 38th
TD
3 73rd

Receiving

REC
2 25th
YDS
29 37th
YPR
14.5 93rd
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 10-17@ UCF5255.0110
Wk 2W 34-24vs Liberty8678.4142Season-high 67 yds
Wk 7W 29-27@ Sam Houston2-1-0.500
Wk 8W 38-25vs Delaware461.503
Wk 10W 24-21@ Middle Tennessee1-1-1.000
Wk 11W 30-27@ UTEP284.008
Wk 13L 21-27@ Florida International111.001
Wk 14W 37-34vs Western Kentucky122.002
Wk 15L 15-19vs Kennesaw State188.008
BowlW 17-13vs Troy5122.414
Total301273.1342
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023Georgia13-1HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced
2025Jacksonville State9-5HC: Charles Kelly · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Jacksonville State301274.23--
2023Georgia291294.41--
Career2 loaded seasons592564.34--
SeasonTeam
2025Jacksonville State22914.50--
2023Georgia2147.01--
Career2 loaded seasons44310.81--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 2 29 rec yds | #414/552 (25th pct)
Usage 4.5% 6.7% rush share | #567/738 (23rd pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.19 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #67/362 (82nd pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 127 #405/735 45th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 3 #204/739 73rd pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.2 #455/735 38th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 2 #414/552 25th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 29 #347/548 37th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.19 #67/362 82nd pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 31 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 4.5% #567/738 23rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 42 #222/733 70th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 30 #385/739 48th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 17 #264/540 51st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 14.5 #37/548 93rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Returns Kick return avg 12.0 #163/199 19th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Returns Kick return yards 12 #176/200 12th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Returns Kick returns 1 #139/206 33rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 6.7% #583/738 21st pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 5.3% #540/738 27th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 5.1% #561/738 24th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 4.8% #447/738 40th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 3.0% #568/738 23rd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 2.8% #655/738 11th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 0.8% #526/738 29th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home5g19.04.50.4
Road5g6.41.70.2

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins7g13.32.40.3
Losses3g11.34.70.3

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-74g25.83.80.8
Weeks 8+6g4.02.60.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

19Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: carries (0th).

Long run#194 / 349 · 44th pct
42rush
Rush TDs#200 / 349 · 38th pct
3rush
Yards / carry#272 / 349 · 20th pct
4.2rush
Rec yards#282 / 338 · 17th pct
29rece
Receptions#318 / 338 · 5th pct
2rece
Rush yards#348 / 349 · 1st pct
127rush
Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct
30rush

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

Advanced Savant · RB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

wepa_rushing0.19High (p75–p90) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Andrew PaulJacksonville StateJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 54% simTae MeadowsTroy· 53% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 51% sim
Long run
44
Paul
73
Brunson
53
Meadows
49
Wright
Rush TDs
38
Paul
50
Brunson
72
Meadows
62
Wright
Yards / carry
20
Paul
41
Brunson
29
Meadows
33
Wright
Rec yards
17
Paul
3
Brunson
38
Meadows
10
Wright
Receptions
5
Paul
2
Brunson
45
Meadows
32
Wright
Rush yards
1
Paul
80
Brunson
74
Meadows
84
Wright
Carries
0
Paul
85
Brunson
84
Meadows
92
Wright

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

33.8%

328 pass / 642 run

Plays / game

69.3

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.8%

243 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Rich Rodriguez
Jacksonville State
2025
Charles Kelly
Jacksonville State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Charles Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownDallas, TX
Height5'11"
Weight215 lb
Class3
PositionRB

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Jacksonville State RB3 #3799 #4022 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Conference USA
2023 Georgia RB3 #764 #501 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Georgia RB3 #1374 #843 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Jacksonville State Conference USA RB 3 5-11 | 215 lb | Dallas, TX
2024 Jacksonville State Conference USA RB 3 5-11 | 215 lb | Dallas, TX
2023 Georgia SEC RB 3 5-11 | 215 lb | Dallas, TX
2022 Georgia SEC RB 3 5-11 | 215 lb | Dallas, TX