#27

Jarquez Hunter

Former running back at Auburn. 2024: 1,201 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 21 catches.

RB · Auburn · Sr. · #27

5′10″ · 209 lb · Philadelphia, MS

CFB Index 79 · #19 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLos Angeles — drafted 2025, Rd 4, Pick 15, #117 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 707 nationally · Signed with Auburn

Statement game23 car · 278 yds · 2 TDat Kentucky (FBS) · W 24-10

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Auburn. 2024: 1,201 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 21 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Auburn in 2021.
Drafted round 4 by the Los Angeles in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Auburn, 3,378 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #117 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 147 yds vs Alabama State.Alabama State · W 62-02021

202112 games

Signed with Auburn3-star out of Neshoba Central

202312 games

All-SECsecond

202412 games

All-SECfirst

2025

Drafted by Los Angelesround 4, pick 117

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#707 national

CFB

College

Auburn

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #117

Los Angeles · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021

Bryan Harsin

Auburn

2022

Cadillac Williams

Auburn

era →

2023–2024

Hugh Freeze

Auburn

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams, and Hugh Freeze. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 2nd NFL season

#117Rd 4 · Pick 15

Los AngelesEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Auburn6-7HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2022Auburn5-7HC: Cadillac Williams · Run-heavy

2023Auburn6-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy

2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #19 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (92nd percentile). Strength: yards / carry (87th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#37 / 442 · 92nd pct

12.4%

Yards / carry#60 / 442 · 87th pct

6.5

Success rate#94 / 442 · 79th pct

51.9%

EPA / carry#128 / 442 · 71st pct

0.26

TD rate#248 / 442 · 44th pct

4.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#20 / 335 · 94th pct

1201

Yards / carry#25 / 335 · 92nd pct

6.4

Carries#40 / 335 · 88th pct

187

Receptions#64 / 330 · 79th pct

Rush TDs#71 / 335 · 76th pct

Rec yards#81 / 330 · 75th pct

155

Long run#146 / 335 · 56th pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

45th → 71st percentile

Success rate

43rd → 79th percentile

Explosive rate

74th → 92nd percentile

Yards / carry

78th → 87th percentile

TD rate

54th → 44th percentile

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

185 carries

15%

Stuffed (≤0)

32%

Grind (1–3)

30%

Chunk (4–9)

23%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	89.9	6.8	0.6
Road4g	120	6.6	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	88.0	7.5	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	112	5.9	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #19 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #19 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Auburn	187	1,201	6.4	8	--
2023	Auburn	159	909	5.7	7	--
2022	Auburn	104	675	6.5	7	--
2021	Auburn	89	593	6.7	3	--
Career		539	3,378	6.3	25	--

Season	Team
2024	Auburn	21	155	7.4	1	--
2023	Auburn	18	118	6.6	0	--
2022	Auburn	17	224	13.2	2	--
2021	Auburn	12	61	5.1	1	--
Career		68	558	8.2	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 43–41

vs Texas A&M

130 rush yds (28 car) · 3 TD

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With P. Thorne — 301 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 77.3 · 38 rush yds (11 car) · O. Chapman — 34 AVG · 46 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Kentucky · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +4.41Jarquez Hunter run for 45 yds for a TD (Alex McPherson KICK)
Week 14 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -4.19Jarquez Hunter pass intercepted Bray Hubbard return for 1 yd to the ALA 5
Week 9 · Kentucky · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.75Jarquez Hunter run for 50 yds to the UK 35 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Kentucky · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.68Jarquez Hunter run for 46 yds to the UK 16 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.60Jarquez Hunter run for 34 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 6 · Georgia · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.40Jarquez Hunter 38 Yd Run (Towns McGough Kick)
Week 3 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Jarquez Hunter run for 31 yds to the UNM 44 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · California · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA -2.66Jarquez Hunter run for a loss of 8 yards to the AUB 36 Jarquez Hunter fumbled, recovered by CAL Craig Woodson C. Woodson return for 0 yds
Week 3 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Hank Brown pass complete to Jarquez Hunter for 14 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 5 · Oklahoma · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Payton Thorne pass complete to Jarquez Hunter for 15 yds to the AUB 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 73-3vs Alabama A&M	4	53	13.3	1	34
Wk 2	L 14-21vs California	12	68	5.7	0	27
Wk 3	W 45-19vs New Mexico	20	152	7.6	1	31	152-yard day
Wk 4	L 14-24vs Arkansas	12	67	5.6	0	24
Wk 5	L 21-27vs Oklahoma	17	97	5.7	0	22
Wk 6	L 13-31@ Georgia	13	91	7.0	1	38
Wk 8	L 17-21@ Missouri	19	57	3.0	0	14
Wk 9	W 24-10@ Kentucky	23	278	12.1	2	50	Season-high 278 yds
Wk 10	L 7-17vs Vanderbilt	12	50	4.2	0	15
Wk 12	W 48-14vs UL Monroe	14	102	7.3	0	19
Wk 13	W 43-41vs Texas A&M	28	130	4.6	3	20	3 rushing TDs
Wk 14	L 14-28@ Alabama	13	56	4.3	0	21
Total		187	1201	6.7	8	50

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

185Carries

1197Yards

17.8%Top-5 share

15.1%Stuffed rate

Just 17.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 15.1% of his carries. 12 carries for 50 yds vs Vanderbilt; 23 for 278 vs Kentucky.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

49.9%Carry share

30.6%Q4-lead share

94.7%In competitive games

49.9% of carries overall (183/367) → 30.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (19/62) — 94.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

13/173rd/4th & short

12/22Inside-5 share