#25

Jawhar Jordan

Former running back at Louisville. 2023: 1,128 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 21 catches.

RB · Louisville · Jr. · #25

5′10″ · 185 lb · Farmingdale, NY

CFB Index 85 · #13 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamHouston — drafted 2024, Rd 6, Pick 29, #205 overall

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 709 nationally · Signed with Syracuse

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Louisville. 2023: 1,128 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 21 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2018.
Transferred from Syracuse to Louisville in 2021.
Drafted round 6 by the Houston in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Louisville, 2,214 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #205 overall by Houston.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Syracuse3-star out of Hamilton

20213 games

Entered the portal

202313 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCfirst

2024

Drafted by Houstonround 6, pick 205

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#709 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #205

Houston · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2022

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

2023

Jeff Brohm

Louisville

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

HoustonEntering 3rd NFL season

#205Rd 6 · Pick 29

HoustonEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Syracuse1-10HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Louisville6-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

85All-Conference level #13 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (84th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (80th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#68 / 426 · 84th pct

53.3%

Yards / carry#84 / 426 · 80th pct

6.2

TD rate#85 / 426 · 80th pct

7.2%

Explosive rate#115 / 426 · 73rd pct

8.8%

EPA / carry#130 / 426 · 70th pct

0.26

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#22 / 333 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#26 / 327 · 92nd pct

246

Long run#28 / 333 · 91st pct

Rush yards#33 / 333 · 90th pct

1128

Yards / carry#32 / 333 · 90th pct

6.2

Carries#41 / 333 · 88th pct

181

Receptions#61 / 327 · 80th pct

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

44th → 70th percentile

Success rate

43rd → 84th percentile

Explosive rate

88th → 73rd percentile

Yards / carry

71st → 80th percentile

TD rate

28th → 80th 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

181 carries

14%

Stuffed (≤0)

36%

Grind (1–3)

37%

Chunk (4–9)

13%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	113	7.8	1.6
Road6g	55.7	5.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	94.4	8.5	1.1
Weeks 8+6g	77.8	4.8	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #13 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #13 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Louisville	181	1,128	6.2	13	--
2022	Louisville	142	815	5.7	4	--
2021	Louisville	14	94	6.7	0	--
2020	Syracuse	29	72	2.5	0	--
2019	Syracuse	15	105	7.0	1	--
Career		381	2,214	5.8	18	--

Season	Team
2023	Louisville	21	246	11.7	1	--
2022	Louisville	10	85	8.5	0	--
2021	Louisville	1	24	24.0	0	--
2020	Syracuse	5	34	6.8	0	--
2019	Syracuse	2	87	43.5	0	--
Career		39	476	12.2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 33–20

vs Notre Dame

143 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD

With B. Travelstead — 45 LONG · 80 PCT · 15 PTS · J. Plummer — 145 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.7 · -12 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Jack Plummer pass complete to Jawhar Jordan for 75 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 1 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.01J.Jordan rushed to GT End Zone for 74 yards. J.Jordan for 74 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 2 · Murray State · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +5.59Jawhar Jordan run for 72 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 6 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Jawhar Jordan run for 45 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 11 · Virginia · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.21Jawhar Jordan run for 42 yds to the UVA 10 for a 1ST down Virginia Penalty, Defensive Holding (5 Yards) to the UVA 5 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.17Jawhar Jordan run for 42 yds to the BC 33 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Duke · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Jawhar Jordan run for 23 yds for a TD (Brock Travelstead KICK)
Week 9 · Duke · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA -2.89Jawhar Jordan run for 2 yds to the DUKE 40 Louisville Penalty, Offensive Holding (Michael Gonzalez) to the 50 yard line
Week 13 · Kentucky · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Jawhar Jordan run for 1 yd for a TD (Nick Lopez KICK)
Week 14 · Florida State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.77Jack Plummer pass complete to Jawhar Jordan for 18 yds to the LOU 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 39-34@ Georgia Tech	7	96	13.7	1	74
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Murray State	7	135	19.3	2	72
Wk 3	W 21-14@ Indiana	18	113	6.3	1	25
Wk 4	W 56-28vs Boston College	18	134	7.4	2	42
Wk 5	W 13-10@ NC State	16	32	2.0	0	8
Wk 6	W 33-20vs Notre Dame	21	143	6.8	2	45
Wk 7	L 21-38@ Pittsburgh	2	8	4.0	0	5
Wk 9	W 23-0vs Duke	21	163	7.8	2	23	Season-high 163 yds
Wk 10	W 34-3vs Virginia Tech	14	57	4.1	1	14
Wk 11	W 31-24vs Virginia	17	95	5.6	0	42
Wk 12	W 38-31@ Miami	9	33	3.7	0	9
Wk 13	L 31-38vs Kentucky	17	67	3.9	2	17
Wk 14	L 6-16@ Florida State	14	52	3.7	0	22
Total		181	1128	6.8	13	74