Senior running back for Army. 2023: 169 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD.
6′0″ · 250 lb · Saint Charles, MO
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 running back for Army. 2023: 169 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJakobi Buchanan
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Fifth year in the Army backfield, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 60 rush yds against Coastal Carolina — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Army, 1,567 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jeff Monken.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Jeff Monken — 35-27 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (1st percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 18.4 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 15.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 16.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 17.6 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-17@ UL Monroe | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 57-0vs Delaware State | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-29@ UTSA | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-29@ Syracuse | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27vs Boston College | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-62@ LSU | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-21vs Massachusetts | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-3@ Air Force | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-21vs Coastal Carolina | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 | Season-high 60 yds |
| Wk 15 | W 17-11vs Navy | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 51 | 169 | 2.9 | 3 | 11 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (12.0%).
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jakobi Buchanan’s 2022 season.
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Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Rickey Spruill’s path through Wagner.
Rickey Spruill
Travis Theis
Bryant Barr
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tucker Gleason's graduate season at Toledo (2024).
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Differs from Tucker on
Player DNA