Senior running back for Vanderbilt. 2020: 125 rushing yards, 5 catches.
6′1″ · 223 lb · Jacksonville, FL
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1225 nationally · Signed with Vanderbilt
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior running back for Vanderbilt. 2020: 125 rushing yards, 5 catches.
Jamauri Wakefield
Fourth year in the Vanderbilt backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 54 rush yds, 5 rec yds against LSU, Week 5, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Vanderbilt, 600 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Derek Mason.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Derek Mason — 14-32 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 40.5 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 22.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 39.3 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 36 | 125 | 3.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt | 78 | 353 | 4.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 28 | 115 | 4.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 143 | 600 | 4.2 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 15 | 82 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 12-17@ Texas A&M | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-41vs LSU | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 0 | 10 | Season-high 54 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 7-41vs South Carolina | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-24@ Mississippi State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 36 | 125 | 4.5 | 0 | 15 |