Sophomore running back for Southern Miss. 2022: 191 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 6 catches.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Batesville, MS
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.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 461 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 running back for Southern Miss. 2022: 191 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 6 catches.
Janari Dean
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Leach and Will Hall. The receipt on tape: 45 rush yds, 5 rec yds against UL Monroe, Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Southern Miss, 191 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: yards / carry (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
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 20.8 | 2.9 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 17.4 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 13.7 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 31.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #313 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 62 | 191 | 3.1 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 62 | 191 | 3.1 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022
W 27–24
at Tulane
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-29vs Liberty | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-30@ Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 64-10vs Northwestern State | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Tulane | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-27@ Troy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-19vs Arkansas State | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14@ Texas State | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-24vs Louisiana | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-10@ UL Monroe | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 45 yds |
| Bowl | W 38-24vs Rice | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 62 | 191 | 2.6 | 3 | 16 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
14.4% of carries overall (62/430) → 23.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/63) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Tyre Shelton’s 2022 season.
Matches Tyre on
Differs from Tyre on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Fredderick Graves’s path through North Carolina A&T.
Fredderick Graves
Julien Gums
Jonathan DeBique
Matches Fredderick on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ky Thomas's sophomore season at Kansas (2022).
Matches Ky on
Differs from Ky on
Player DNA