Senior running back for Coastal Carolina. 2025: 169 rushing yards, 2 catches.
5′11″ · 220 lb · Portland, OR
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 numbers
rushing yards · 2025
3.2 per carry · 2 catches
Best game: 51 rush yds, 16 rec yds, vs Charleston Southern
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Coastal Carolina. 2025: 169 rushing yards, 2 catches.
How he plays
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.
EPA / carry: 8th percentile.
The full scouting readJalen John
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Jalen John has played for five head coaches across five seasons and three programs. The receipt: 51 rush yds, 16 rec yds against Charleston Southern — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jamey Chadwell, Tim Beck, and Jeremiah Johnson. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (2nd 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
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 23.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 13.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 26.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 9.8 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #322 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #35 of 36 Sun Belt RBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 53 | 169 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 111 | 583 | 5.3 | 5 | -- |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Arizona | 62 | 250 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Arizona | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 240 | 1,063 | 4.4 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 17 | 119 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Arizona | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Arizona | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 30 | 211 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 13–0
51 rush yds (14 car)
With E. Sebafundi — 52 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 61 LONG · D. Knicely — 92 rush yds (9 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Virginia | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | W 13-0vs Charleston Southern | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 0 | 11 | Season-high 51 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38vs East Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-47@ Old Dominion | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-8vs UL Monroe | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-27vs Marshall | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-27vs Georgia State | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | L 40-45@ Georgia Southern | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-51@ South Carolina | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 53 | 169 | 2.8 | 0 | 11 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
12.0% of carries overall (52/432) → 31.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (22/70) — 77.3% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 15 inside-the-5 carries (6.7%).
2026 Outlook
Coastal Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Running back · Coastal Carolina
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Coastal Carolina · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #105 · 2026 recruiting class #118
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jordan Nubin’s 2025 season.
Matches Jordan on
Differs from Jordan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Nubin's graduate season at Kent State (2025).
Matches Jordan on
Player DNA