Ja'Quinden Jackson: RB · Arkansas · #22.
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Ja'Quinden Jackson
Wears you down at the goal line. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Kyle Whittingham and Sam Pittman. One game to point at: 149 rushing yards and 21 receiving yards against Oklahoma State — Week 2, 2024.
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
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.
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
18 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (100.0%). 11 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (47.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| 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@ No. 16 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 17-21vs No. 24 Texas A&M | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 6 | W 19-14vs No. 4 Tennessee | 20 | 57 | 2.9 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-34vs No. 8 LSU | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-20vs No. 3 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@ No. 24 Missouri | 18 | 87 | 4.8 | 3 | 12 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Total | 149 | 790 | 5.3 | 15 | 46 |
Week 14 · 2024
L 21-28
at Missouri
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
58%148 carriesFumble rate
2.0%3 of 149 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.3 yds/carry on 149 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 58% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 68.2 | 5.3 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 104 | 4.8 | 2.7 |
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
Head Coach
Sam Pittman
Pass share
46.0%
413 pass / 485 run
Plays / game
69.1
13 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
446 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
149 carries and 13 catches in 10 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #39 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Utah and Arkansas, 2,148 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Tom Herman, Kyle Whittingham and Sam Pittman.
