Toledo · L 24-39
No carries.
Northwestern · L 14-45
No carries.
Sacramento State · W 34-17
17 carries, 77 yards
The other 5 games average 29 yards. This one was 48 above.
Bonds has carries in 6 of Ball State’s 8 games: none against Toledo and Northwestern.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Jalen Bonds
A two-star recruit with two seasons on the field at Ball State since. One game to point at: 77 rushing yards against Sacramento State — Week 8, 2026.
224 rushing yards · 2 rushing TD · 47 carries
Play style
Wins in space out of the backfield.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Against Sacramento State on Oct. 24: 17 carries for 77 yards. In the 6 games drawn here: 47 carries for 224 yards.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ball State | 47 | 224 | 4.8 | 2 | 49 |
| 2025 | Ball State | 27 | 77 | 2.9 | 1 | 15 |
| Career | 74 | 301 | 4.1 | 3 | 49 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ball State | 10 | 112 | 11.2 | 1 | 38 |
| 2025 | Ball State | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 54 |
| Career | 12 | 164 | 13.7 | 1 | 54 |
Last game (Wk 8): 77 rushing yards.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-56@ No. 1 Ohio State | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-17vs Stony Brook | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 1 | 49 | Season-high 77 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 15-51@ Liberty | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-26@ Kent State | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 32-31@ Bowling Green | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-17vs Sacramento State | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 47 | 224 | 4.8 | 2 | 49 |
Week 2 · 2026
W 41-17
vs Stony Brook
The plays that mattered most
309th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
34%47 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.8 yds/carry on 47 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 34% success rate.
2 seasons under Mike Uremovich — 7-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 77.0 | 8.7 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 17.5 | 2.7 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 29.4 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 77.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Pass share
49.2%
250 pass / 258 run
Plays / game
63.5
8 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
281 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #146 at the position.
The No. 3,325 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Mid-American.
2026 is in progress.
