Austin Jones

Senior running back for USC. 2023: 477 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 13 catches.

RB · USC · Sr. · #6

5′10″ · 200 lb · Antioch, CA

CFB Index 52 · #108 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceUSC 2023 alumnus

The story

4 running back for USC. 2023: 477 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 13 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at USC, 2,324 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

2022–2023

Lincoln Riley

USC

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Stanford4-8HC: David Shaw · Pass-leaning

2020Stanford4-2HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #108 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (91st percentile). Strength: success rate (80th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#38 / 426 · 91st pct

9.5%

Success rate#85 / 426 · 80th pct

51.4%

Yards / carry#142 / 426 · 67th pct

5.6

EPA / carry#153 / 426 · 64th pct

0.23

Explosive rate#218 / 426 · 49th pct

6.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#75 / 333 · 76th pct

5.6

Rush TDs#73 / 333 · 76th pct

Rec yards#127 / 327 · 61st pct

103

Receptions#134 / 327 · 58th pct

Rush yards#166 / 333 · 50th pct

477

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Carries#196 / 333 · 41st pct

Long run#205 / 333 · 38th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

31st → 64th percentile

Success rate

59th → 80th percentile

Explosive rate

21st → 49th percentile

Yards / carry

45th → 67th percentile

TD rate

7th → 91st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	43.1	6.4	0.6
Road5g	26.4	4.9	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	31.2	6.1	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	45.4	5.3	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #108 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	USC	85	477	5.6	7	--
2022	USC	135	705	5.2	5	--
2021	Stanford	107	378	3.5	2	--
2020	Stanford	123	537	4.4	9	--
2019	Stanford	45	227	5.0	1	--
Career		495	2,324	4.7	24	--

Season	Team
2023	USC	13	103	7.9	1	--
2022	USC	25	261	10.4	1	--
2021	Stanford	32	267	8.3	1	--
2020	Stanford	21	151	7.2	0	--
2019	Stanford	14	108	7.7	0	--
Career		105	890	8.5	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 43–41

vs Arizona

15 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.

With C. Williams — 219 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.3 · 41 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD · E. Czaplicki — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Notre Dame · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.06Austin Jones run for a loss of 4 yards to the ND 33
Week 1 · Louisville · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Austin Jones run for 35 yds to the USC 48 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oregon · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA -2.92Austin Jones run for a loss of 3 yards to the USC 48 Austin Jones fumbled, recovered by ORE Evan Williams [NHSG] JONES, Austin rush up the middle for a loss of 3 yards, JONES, Austin fumbled at USC48 , recovered by ORE WILLIAMS, Evan at the USC48, returned 0 yards to the USC48, End of Play, clock 02:26.
Week 9 · California · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Caleb Williams pass complete to Austin Jones for 6 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 1 · San José State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Austin Jones run for 37 yds to the SJSU 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San José State · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Austin Jones run for 3 yds for a TD, (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 1 · San José State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Austin Jones 2 Yd Run (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 11 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Austin Jones run for 13 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 6 · Arizona · 1&10 · Q6 · EPA +2.52Austin Jones 11 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 2 · Stanford · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.45Austin Jones run for 1 yd for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-28vs San José State	6	54	9.0	2	37
Wk 1	W 66-14vs Nevada	2	19	9.5	0	12
Wk 2	W 56-10vs Stanford	6	33	5.5	1	17
Wk 4	W 42-28@ Arizona State	3	36	12.0	0	16
Wk 5	W 48-41@ Colorado	3	6	2.0	0	3
Wk 6	W 43-41vs Arizona	5	15	3.0	1	11
Wk 7	L 20-48@ Notre Dame	11	27	2.5	0	7
Wk 8	L 32-34vs Utah	5	31	6.2	0	11
Wk 9	W 50-49@ California	9	37	4.1	1	7
Wk 10	L 42-52vs Washington	11	127	11.5	0	31	Season-high 127 yds
Wk 11	L 27-36@ Oregon	7	26	3.7	1	13
Wk 12	L 20-38vs UCLA	6	6	1.0	1	7
Bowl	W 42-28vs Louisville	11	60	5.5	0	35
Total		85	477	5.8	7	37