#22

Ja'Quinden Jackson

Former running back at Arkansas. 2024: 790 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 13 catches.

RB · Arkansas · Sr. · #22

6′2″ · 233 lb · Dallas, TX

CFB Index 68 · #39 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceArkansas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 73 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Arkansas. 2024: 790 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 13 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2020.
Transferred from Utah to Arkansas in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Arkansas, 2,148 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Texas4-star out of Duncanville

20213 games

Entered the portal

202410 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#73 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Sam Pittman

Arkansas

Played his entire career under Sam Pittman.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2024Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

68Quality starter #39 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (95th percentile). Strength: success rate (94th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#24 / 442 · 95th pct

10.1%

Success rate#25 / 442 · 94th pct

58.1%

EPA / carry#118 / 442 · 73rd pct

0.28

Yards / carry#204 / 442 · 54th pct

5.3

Explosive rate#217 / 442 · 51st pct

6.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#12 / 335 · 96th pct

Rush yards#75 / 335 · 78th pct

790

Carries#83 / 335 · 75th pct

149

Rec yards#102 / 330 · 69th pct

139

Yards / carry#115 / 335 · 63rd pct

5.3

Receptions#140 / 330 · 55th pct

Long run#165 / 335 · 50th pct

Fumbles lost#157 / 204 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

36th → 73rd percentile

Success rate

44th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

20th → 51st percentile

Yards / carry

40th → 54th percentile

TD rate

25th → 95th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

148 carries

18%

Stuffed (≤0)

29%

Grind (1–3)

34%

Chunk (4–9)

18%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	73.7	6.5	1.0
Road4g	87.0	4.5	2.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	94.3	6.4	1.7
Weeks 8+4g	56.0	4.6	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #39 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #39 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arkansas	149	790	5.3	15	--
2023	Utah	161	797	5.0	4	--
2022	Utah	78	531	6.8	9	--
2021	Utah	6	30	5.0	1	--
Career		394	2,148	5.5	29	--

Season	Team
2024	Arkansas	13	139	10.7	0	--
2023	Utah	9	53	5.9	0	--
2022	Utah	1	8	8.0	0	--
2021	Utah	--	--	--	--	--
Career		23	200	8.7	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 19–14

vs Tennessee

57 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With T. Green — 266 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.7 · -5 rush yds (9 car) · D. Bale — 57 AVG · 66 LONG · 3 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Ja'Quinden Jackson run for 46 yds for a TD (Kyle Ramsey KICK)
Week 2 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -3.24Ja'Quinden Jackson run for a loss of 2 yards to the ARK 49 Ja'Quinden Jackson fumbled, recovered by OKST Kody Walterscheid
Week 2 · Oklahoma State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Ja'Quinden Jackson 11 Yd Run (Kyle Ramsey Kick)
Week 2 · Oklahoma State · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Taylen Green pass complete to Ja'Quinden Jackson for 13 yds to the ARK 45 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UAB · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.77Ja'Quinden Jackson run for 23 yds to the ARK 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UAB · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.75Ja'Quinden Jackson run for 16 yds for a TD (Kyle Ramsey KICK)
Week 5 · Texas A&M · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.75Taylen Green pass complete to Ja'Quinden Jackson for 16 yds to the ARK 47 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Louisiana Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Ja'Quinden Jackson run for 13 yds for a TD (Matthew Shipley KICK)
Week 4 · Auburn · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Ja'Quinden Jackson run for 1 yd for a TD (Kyle Ramsey KICK)
Week 4 · Auburn · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Ja'Quinden Jackson run for 1 yd for a TD (Kyle Ramsey KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 70-0vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	8	101	12.6	2	46
Wk 2	L 31-39@ Oklahoma State	24	149	6.2	3	26	Season-high 149 yds
Wk 3	W 37-27vs UAB	15	147	9.8	1	28
Wk 4	W 24-14@ Auburn	22	75	3.4	2	10
Wk 5	L 17-21@ Texas A&M	10	37	3.7	1	11
Wk 6	W 19-14vs Tennessee	20	57	2.9	1	22
Wk 8	L 10-34vs LSU	5	26	5.2	0	8
Wk 12	L 10-20vs Texas	11	56	5.1	1	12
Wk 13	W 35-14vs Louisiana Tech	16	55	3.4	1	13
Wk 14	L 21-28@ Missouri	18	87	4.8	3	12	3 rushing TDs
Total		149	790	5.7	15	46

How he plays

Play style

Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

148Carries

786Yards

18.4%Top-5 share

18.2%Stuffed rate

Just 18.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 18.2% of his carries. 5 carries for 26 yds vs LSU; 24 for 149 vs Oklahoma State.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

18/183rd/4th & short

11/23Inside-5 share

18 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (100.0%). 11 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (47.8%).