#25

Jamauri McClure

Sophomore running back for Tulane. 2025: 540 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 3 catches.

RB · Tulane · So. · #25

5′10″ · 212 lb · Goshen, AL · Goshen HS

CFB Index 49 · #141 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Tulane for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 12 pm ETat Kansas StateBill Snyder Family StadiumKansas State by 20.5

How he plays

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

Success rate: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

540

rushing yards · 2025

2 TD · 6.5 per carry · 3 catches

Best game: 121 rush yds, 1 TD, 12 rec yds, vs North Texas

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 running back for Tulane. 2025: 540 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 3 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulane in 2024.

His career, year by year

Jamauri McClure

RB · Tulane · So · #25

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Second year in the Tulane backfield, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 122 rush yds against Temple — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jon Sumrall — 20-8 over that span.

2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy

2025Tulane11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #141 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (91st percentile). Strength: yards / carry (90th percentile). Concern: td rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#43 / 456 · 91st pct

53.8%

Yards / carry#45 / 456 · 90th pct

6.5

Explosive rate#56 / 456 · 88th pct

10.0%

EPA / carry#103 / 456 · 78th pct

0.24

TD rate#400 / 456 · 6th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#27 / 349 · 92nd pct

6.5

Rush yards#145 / 349 · 58th pct

540

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Carries#201 / 349 · 42nd pct

Long run#247 / 349 · 29th pct

Rush TDs#236 / 349 · 26th pct

Receptions#305 / 338 · 8th pct

Rec yards#321 / 338 · 5th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home4g	71.0	7.1	0.5
Road6g	42.7	6.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	30.0	6.8	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	70.0	6.6	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #141 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #141 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #13 of 37 American Athletic RBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Tulane	83	540	6.5	2	--
2024	Tulane	20	121	6.0	1	--
Career		103	661	6.4	3	--

Season	Team
2025	Tulane	3	8	2.7	--
2024	Tulane	1	24	24.0	--
Career		4	32	8.0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 34–21

vs North Texas

121 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD

With J. Retzlaff — 145 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.9 · 49 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD · A. Clark — 35 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Florida Atlantic · 1&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.32(01:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 J.McClure rush middle for 8 yards gain to the FAU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:00 #91 P.Durkin kick attempt good (H: #38 A.Clark, LS: #57 J.Arredondo)
Week 12 · Florida Atlantic · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.30(01:36) #25 J.McClure rush right for 19 yards gain to the FAU21 (#30 K.Johnson), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Temple · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.24(05:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 J.McClure rush right for 25 yards gain to the TUL50 (#22 E.Stuart), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 15 · North Texas · 1&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.20(12:30) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 J.McClure rush right for 7 yards gain to the UNT00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:29 #91 P.Durkin kick attempt good (H: #38 A.Clark, LS: #57 J.Arredondo)
Week 12 · Florida Atlantic · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.10(05:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 J.McClure rush middle for 11 yards gain to the FAU47 (#26 J.Sweeney), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Ole Miss · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.95(10:49) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 J.McClure rush left for 12 yards gain to the TU41 (#7 T.Banks), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Temple · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.63(05:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 J.McClure rush left for 12 yards gain to the TEM34 (#15 J.Morton), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.62(03:37) Shotgun #25 J.McClure rush right for 25 yards gain to the TLN36 (#44 B.Mullen; #6 J.Conley), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Temple · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.41(11:09) #25 J.McClure rush left for 3 yards gain to the TEM29 (#15 J.Morton), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Charlotte · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.26(14:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #25 J.McClure rush middle for 25 yards gain to the CLT22 (#2 T.McGee; #51 J.Solomon), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	L 10-45@ Ole Miss	3	19	6.3	0	11
Wk 5	W 31-14@ Tulsa	2	17	8.5	0	9
Wk 7	W 26-19vs East Carolina	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	L 26-48@ UTSA	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 11	W 38-32@ Memphis	3	14	4.7	0	5
Wk 12	W 35-24vs Florida Atlantic	10	94	9.4	1	26
Wk 13	W 37-13@ Temple	17	122	7.2	0	25	Season-high 122 yds
Wk 14	W 27-0vs Charlotte	11	69	6.3	0	25
Wk 15	W 34-21vs North Texas	22	121	5.5	1	30
Bowl	L 10-41@ Ole Miss	15	84	5.6	0	15
Total		83	540	6.7	2	30

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

16.5%Carry share

17.4%Q4-lead share

75.0%In competitive games

16.5% of carries overall (81/490) → 17.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/92) — 75.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

2/23Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (8.7%).

2026 Outlook

Tulane

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Tulane

Returning around him

21% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
Transfer portal: -7 net (20 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Tulane · Last season: 11-3 (AP #17) · Talent rank #70 · 2026 recruiting class #64

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Merchant

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Xavier Williams’s 2021 season.

Xavier Williams

70%match

Kent State · 2021

Jai'Den Thomas

UNLV · 2024

All-Mountain West

68%

Dylan Riley

Boise State · 2025

All-Mountain West

64%

Nathan Carter

UConn · 2022

62%

Frank Gore Jr.

Southern Miss · 2022

All-Sun Belt

62%

Matches Xavier on

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Height

Differs from Xavier on

Class year (lower)

Recruiting rating (higher)

EPA / carry (adj) (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jermar Jefferson’s path through Oregon State.

Jermar Jefferson

95%match

Oregon State · 2020

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 7

Xavier White

Texas Tech · 2021

83%

OJ Arnold

Georgia Southern · 2025

All-Sun Belt

81%

Wayne Knight

James Madison · 2025

All-Sun Belt

80%

Tyjae Spears

Tulane · 2022

All-AACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 18

78%

Matches Jermar on

Yards per carry

Recruiting rating

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Dylan Riley's sophomore season at Boise State (2025).

Dylan Riley

70%match

Boise State · 2025

All-Mountain West

Jai'Den Thomas

UNLV · 2024

All-Mountain West

66%

Chad Alexander

Georgia Tech · 2024

65%

Charvis Thornton

Louisiana Tech · 2022

63%

Xavier Williams

Kent State · 2021

62%

Matches Dylan on

Yards / carry

Receiving share

Differs from Dylan on

Class year (lower)

Rush TD rate (lower)

EPA / carry (adj) (higher)

Background

2026: A First Team Preseason All-Conference selection by Athlon Sports as a running back...A Second Team Preseason All-Conference selection by the Pro Football Network 2025: Appeared in 13 games with three starts at running back ... Ran 83 times for 540 yards with two touchdowns and caught three...

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The backfield · Tulane

#25Jamauri McClureRB · So.540 rushing yards · 2025
#12Jaylin LucasRB · Sr.160 rushing yards · 2025
Maurice TurnerRB · Sr.127 rushing yards · 2025
#6Johnnie DanielsRB · Sr.44 rushing yards · 2025
#32Jordan WestRB · Jr.no box-score line yet

3 more on the roster · Tulane team page

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

20244 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Speed Merchant

Background

The backfield · Tulane