Jalen John is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Coastal Carolina.
John just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Played for five head coaches across five seasons and three programs. A game that shows it: 51 rushing yards and 16 receiving yards against Charleston Southern — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
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.
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
1 of the team's 15 inside-the-5 carries (6.7%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 53 | 169 | 3.2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 111 | 583 | 5.3 | 5 | 68 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | Arizona | 62 | 250 | 4.0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2020 | Arizona | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Career | 240 | 1,063 | 4.4 | 5 | 68 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 17 | 119 | 7.0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Arizona | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2020 | Arizona | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Career | 30 | 211 | 7.0 | 0 | 16 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| 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 | 3.2 | 0 | 11 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 13-0
51 rush yds (14 car) · 1 rec · 16 yds
With E. Sebafundi — 52 yards per punt · 2 punts · 1 inside the 20 · D. Knicely — 92 rush yds (9 car)
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
32%53 carriesFumble rate
1.9%1 of 53 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds3.2 yds/carry on 53 carries · 4% explosive (10+ yds) · 32% success rate.
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
Jeremiah Johnson
Pass share
46.3%
399 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
66.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist 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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Played for three programs.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Kevin Sumlin, Jedd Fisch, Don Brown and Tim Beck.
