#22

Jaiden Credle

Former running back at Middle Tennessee. 2024: 471 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 27 catches.

RB · Middle Tennessee · Jr. · #22

6′1″ · 195 lb · Columbus, GA

CFB Index 37 · #248 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceMiddle Tennessee 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1108 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Middle Tennessee. 2024: 471 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 27 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2022.
Transferred from Northern Illinois to Middle Tennessee in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Middle Tennessee, 1,186 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td vs Murray State.Murray State · W 35-142023

20226 games

Signed with Northern Illinois3-star out of Carver

202312 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1108 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022–2023

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

2024

Derek Mason

Middle Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rick Stockstill → Derek Mason. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2023Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2024Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #248 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (89th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#279 / 442 · 37th pct

3.8%

Explosive rate#333 / 442 · 25th pct

4.7%

Yards / carry#333 / 442 · 25th pct

4.5

Success rate#400 / 442 · 10th pct

34.9%

EPA / carry#407 / 442 · 8th pct

-0.06

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#34 / 330 · 89th pct

Long run#73 / 335 · 77th pct

Rec yards#118 / 330 · 64th pct

125

Carries#152 / 335 · 54th pct

109

Rush TDs#151 / 335 · 50th pct

Rush yards#173 / 335 · 48th pct

471

Yards / carry#254 / 335 · 23rd pct

4.3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

27th → 8th percentile

Success rate

25th → 10th percentile

Explosive rate

24th → 25th percentile

Yards / carry

33rd → 25th percentile

TD rate

18th → 37th 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

106 carries

25%

Stuffed (≤0)

32%

Grind (1–3)

30%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	47.0	4.6	0.5
Road6g	31.5	3.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	42.2	4.3	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	36.3	4.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

37 · #248 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #248 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Middle Tennessee	109	471	4.3	4	--
2023	Middle Tennessee	89	427	4.8	2	--
2022	Northern Illinois	72	288	4.0	1	--
Career		270	1,186	4.4	7	--

Season	Team
2024	Middle Tennessee	27	125	4.6	0	--
2023	Middle Tennessee	24	144	6.0	1	--
2022	Northern Illinois	--	--	--	--	--
Career		51	269	5.3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 32–25

vs Tennessee Tech

35 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With N. Vattiato — 210 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 38.4 · 4 rush yds (3 car) · G. Chadwick — 35 AVG · 38 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Duke · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +6.10Jaiden Credle run for 66 yds for a TD (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 3 · Western Kentucky · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.21Jaiden Credle run for no gain to the WKU 1
Week 11 · Liberty · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA -4.15Jaiden Credle run for no gain to the LIB 5
Week 1 · Tennessee Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Jaiden Credle run for 10 yds for a TD (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 10 · UTEP · 1&18 · Q3 · EPA +2.34Jaiden Credle run for 18 yds to the MTSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Louisiana Tech · 1&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Jaiden Credle run for 8 yds for a TD (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 4 · Duke · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.82Jaiden Credle run for 28 yds to the DUKE 19 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Duke · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.70Jaiden Credle run for a loss of 5 yards to the MTSU 31
Week 10 · UTEP · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.68Nicholas Vattiato pass complete to Jaiden Credle for 19 yds to the UTEP 1 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Memphis · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.63Jaiden Credle run for 11 yds to the MTSU 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 32-25vs Tennessee Tech	10	35	3.5	1	10
Wk 2	L 3-52@ Ole Miss	8	15	1.9	0	11
Wk 3	L 21-49vs Western Kentucky	9	19	2.1	0	6
Wk 4	L 17-45vs Duke	12	125	10.4	1	66	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 5	L 7-24@ Memphis	10	39	3.9	0	11
Wk 7	L 21-48@ Louisiana Tech	5	20	4.0	1	8
Wk 8	W 14-5vs Kennesaw State	10	49	4.9	0	23
Wk 9	L 20-42@ Jacksonville State	8	39	4.9	0	13
Wk 10	W 20-13@ UTEP	10	40	4.0	0	18
Wk 11	L 17-37vs Liberty	10	27	2.7	0	11
Wk 13	L 21-36vs New Mexico State	7	27	3.9	1	8
Wk 14	L 24-35@ Florida International	10	36	3.6	0	7
Total		109	471	4.1	4	66

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology