JaTarvious Whitlow: RB · Auburn · #28.
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JaTarvious Whitlow
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Second year in the Auburn backfield. One game to point at: 135 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Kent State — Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
29.4% of carries overall (152/517) → 17.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/105) — 100.0% 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
10 of 16 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (62.5%). 8 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (33.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 26
USA Today Oct 18
On3 Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-21vs No. 11 Oregon | 24 | 110 | 4.6 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-6vs Tulane | 23 | 96 | 4.2 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-16vs Kent State | 17 | 135 | 7.9 | 2 | 39 | Season-high 135 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 28-20@ No. 17 Texas A&M | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-23vs Mississippi State | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 3 | 30 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 6 | L 13-24@ No. 10 Florida | 18 | 81 | 4.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-23@ No. 2 LSU | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-21vs No. 5 Georgia | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-0vs Samford | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 2 | 31 | |
| Wk 14 | W 48-45vs No. 5 Alabama | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 0 | 36 | |
 Bowl | L 24-31vs No. 16 Minnesota | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Total | 156 | 763 | 4.9 | 10 | 39 |
Week 5 · 2019
W 56-23
55 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD
Dominant 33-point win at home against Mississippi State.
With B. Nix — 335 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.2 · 56 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · S. Williams — 8 rec · 161 yds · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
47%147 carriesFumble rate
3.2%5 of 156 carries · 3 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.9 yds/carry on 156 carries · 12% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Gus Malzahn, all run-leaning offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 78.7 | 5.6 | 1.3 |
| Road3g | 52.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 81.1 | 4.7 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 48.8 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
42.3%
393 pass / 536 run
Plays / game
71.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
156 carries and 6 catches in 11 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Auburn, 1,546 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
